McCain Narrows Gap with Obama: Obama-Biden Lead McCain-Palin 46% - 44%

New York, NY - Today's Diageo/Hotline Daily Tracker Poll finds that McCain-Palin have narrowed Obama-Biden's lead to two points. Specifically, 46% of likely voters say they support the Obama-Biden ticket, 44% of likely voters say they support the McCain-Palin ticket and 9% of likely voters are undecided.

General Election Ballot: Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Palin*

Spotlight on the Issues

The Diageo/Hotline Daily Tracker finds that likely voters are split as to who would do the best job handling the economy. As of Saturday's October 4 Daily Tracker - the first day the Poll reported data only among likely voters - Obama led McCain 45%-40% on this metric. Today, 42% of likely voters say McCain would the best job and 42% of likely voters say Obama would do the best job.

However, among the 62% of likely voters who say the economy is the most important issue facing the country, Obama-Biden leads McCain-Palin 49%-40%.

On other issues, the Poll shows that Obama maintains an 18-point lead on who would better manage health care (50%-32%), McCain bests Obama by six points on national security (48%-42%) and McCain edges Obama on energy policies (43%-42%).

Who Would Do the Best Job on Handling the Economy?*

Who Would Do the Best Job on Handing the Nation's Health Care?*

Who Would Do the Best Job on Handing National Security?*

Who Would Do the Best Job on Managing America's Energy Policies?*

* data presented in charts based on rolling 3-day average of 900+ interviews concluded the previous day (based on at least 300 interviews conducted daily).

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