OH: Quinnipiac Poll has Obama up on McCain 48-42
12:32 PM
A new Ohio poll from Quinnipiac University has Dem Barack Obama leading Republican John McCain 48 percent to 42 percent, just outside the poll's margin of error.
Obama trails among white voters in Ohio, but gets more than 90 percent of black voters and has a double-digit lead among young voters.
Ohio's thoughts on Sen. Hillary Clinton as Obama's running mate, according to the poll press release: "Democrats want Clinton for Vice President 58 - 31 percent, but Republicans say no 60 - 19 percent and independents turn thumbs down 47 - 31 percent."
In Ohio Quinnipiac surveyed 1,396 likely voters for a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. Quinnipiac also surveyed voters in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Florida.
Read the entire poll release
