Obama-Biden Lead McCain-Palin 47% - 42%, 8% Undecided

New York, NY - Today's Diageo/Hotline Daily Tracker Poll shows that the McCain-Palin ticket has slightly closed Obama-Biden's lead in the head-to-head since last week. Obama-Biden's lead has decreased from 10 points in the October 17 Poll, to 5 points in today's Poll.

In today's Poll, Obama-Biden is at 47%, McCain-Palin is at 42%, with 8% of likely voters undecided.

General Election Ballot: McCain-Palin v Obama-Biden*

In today's Poll, there is a 4-point difference in the two candidates' favorability ratings: 53% of likely voters rate John McCain favorably and 57% rate Barack Obama favorably.

Among Independent likely voters, Obama is viewed more favorably than McCain by an even larger margin, (59% - 51%).

Favorability: Obama v McCain*

With the vast majority of likely voters saying that the economy is the most important issue facing the U.S. today (67%), Obama continues to perform better than McCain on expected performance on the economy. Today's Poll shows that Obama is maintaining his solid lead over McCain on this issue, (48% - 37%).

Who would do Best Job Handling the Economy?*

While still within the margin of error, today's Poll shows that Obama has passed McCain on expected performance on America's energy policies, (44% - 41%).

Obama has moved back to a statistical tie with McCain on this issue, as was seen in the October 16 Poll, after a couple days of leading McCain by 5-points.

Who would do Best Job Managing America's Energy Policies?

* data presented in charts based on rolling 3-day average of 780+ likely voter interviews (out of 900+ registered voter interviews) concluded the previous day. This is based on at least 300 interviews conducted daily.

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