The poll combining results of recent polls found Obama, the Illinois Senator, held an eight-percentage lead over McCain, the Arizona Senator, at 49 percent to 41 percent, with 10 percent of those surveyed still undecided.
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U.S. Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama laughs as listens to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (not seen) speak to the audience as the two appeared at a "Women for Obama" campaign event in New York City, July 10, 2008. |
Obama made the progress despite charges he has taken in the past week for being flip-flop on Iraq policies and surveillance bill.
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain pauses during remarks at his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, July 8, 2008. |
The poll combined three polls from Gallup, cnn/Opinion Research and LA Times/Bloomberg.
The last poll of polls released last week showed Obama had six percentages more than McCain in supporting rate.