Poll: Obama leads in MI, NH, McCain up in MO, VA

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By Beth Boehne

THE POLL: CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll, presidential race in Michigan among registered voters

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 45 percent, John McCain 42 percent, Ralph Nader 6 percent

OF INTEREST: McCain leads by 14 percentage points among whites. He also has an 18-point lead in the Detroit suburbs, which split about evenly between President Bush and John Kerry in 2004. But in southwestern Michigan — which Bush won overwhelmingly four years ago — Obama is up by 9 points.

DETAILS: Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. Sept. 7-9 by landline telephone, included 966 registered voters. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3 percentage points.

MORE: www.time.com/time/politics, www.cnn.com

THE POLL: CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll, presidential race in Missouri among registered voters

THE NUMBERS: John McCain 48 percent, Barack Obama 44 percent

OF INTEREST: Obama trails by 20 percentage points among whites and by about as many with independents. McCain has a large lead in rural parts of the state, but the two rivals do about evenly in urban areas.

DETAILS: Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. Sept. 7-9 by landline telephone, included 940 registered voters. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3 percentage points.

MORE: www.time.com/time/politics, www.cnn.com

THE POLL: CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll, presidential race in New Hampshire among registered voters

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 48 percent, John McCain 43 percent

OF INTEREST: Obama leads among white voters by 7 percentage points, and is the preference among independents as well.

DETAILS: Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. Sept. 7-9 by landline telephone, included 899 registered voters. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

MORE: www.time.com/time/politics, www.cnn.com

THE POLL: CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. poll, presidential race in Virginia among registered voters

THE NUMBERS: John McCain 49 percent, Barack Obama 43 percent

OF INTEREST: Obama leads in the southeastern corner of the state, home to major military facilities, an area John Kerry lost narrowly to President Bush in 2004. He's doing about as well in Northern Virginia as did Kerry, who lost the state. McCain is ahead among whites and independents.

DETAILS: Conducted by Opinion Research Corp. Sept. 7-9 by landline telephone, included 920 registered voters. Sampling error margin plus or minus 3 percentage points.

MORE: www.time.com/time/politics, www.cnn.com

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