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...past 24 months of their lives to this effort. McCain's strategy in these final eight days of the campaign hinges on winning a slew of red states in which Obama currently holds leads of varying sizes in the polls - Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Missouri, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada - and then somehow producing an upset in Pennsylvania, a Blue state that went for Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004 and where Obama currently boasts a lead in the low double digits...
...sells Earth Friendly Baby organic chamomile shampoo and diaper balm made from sweet-almond oil and shea butter. A short walk away is the Greenwich Park Bar & Grill, where a burger made from "Kobe" beef raised on a farm in north Wales will set you back $33. At the Nevada Street Deli, which serves up smoky cheese from County Cork and freshly made poached-salmon sandwiches, owner Laura Heap says she's already noticed a downturn in business. "I get a lot of local moms, and they're spending less," she says. "Whereas they used to buy their eggs...
Obama gained the most ground in North Carolina, where he now leads John McCain among likely voters by 51% to 47%, up 4 percentage points from earlier this month, when a similar poll showed the two tied at 49%. In Nevada, Obama expanded his lead to 51% to McCain's 46%, up 1 percentage point from September. Similarly, in the crucial swing state of Ohio, Obama leads the Arizona Senator by a 50% to 46% margin, an increase of 1 percentage point from his lead earlier this month. In Virginia, a state that increasingly looks to be solidly in Obama...
...races in Ohio, North Carolina and Nevada - while showing Obama trending up - remain inside or very close to the margins of error for those states. In Virginia, Obama's lead is far outside the margin of error, and McCain's lead in West Virginia is also solid. The polls of Nevada and Ohio have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, while those of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia have margins of error of plus or minus 4 points...
...polls were conducted over the phone from Oct. 19-21. In Nevada, 911 registered voters and 700 likely voters were polled. In North Carolina, 940 registered voters and 644 likely voters were surveyed. Pollsters in Ohio spoke to 938 registered voters and 737 likely voters. In Virginia, 927 registered voters and 647 likely voters were polled. And in West Virginia, 893 registered and 674 likely voters were polled...