According to the Quinnipiac University pool, Obama was more favored than McCain in Colorado (49 percent to 44 percent), Michigan (48 to 42), Minnesota (54 to 37) and Wisconsin (52 to 39).
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Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama laughs during the Economic Competitiveness Summit held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 26, 2008. |
The four states are all considered by campaign strategists and political analysts as swing states where McCain and Obama would have neck-and-neck battles on the election day.
"If these numbers were to hold, it would be very difficult to see how Senator Obama doesn't win the presidency by a very comfortable margin," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the poll.
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Presumptive Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain listens to a question during a news conference after delivering a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa June 20, 2008. |
Another Quinnipiac poll released last week also showed an upbeat result to Obama, saying he beat McCain in the largest swing states -- Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.
The victory in the general elections is attained not by winning a majority of popular votes but at least 270 electoral votes.
Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters on Wednesday that the campaign draw a strategy to win Iowa and the 20states Democrats won in 2004, and turn several swing states blue.