Published 8/20/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
ARIZONA: McCain leads by 10 points, 40%-30%, in his home state, according to an Arizona State University poll. Twenty-eight percent said they were undecided. The poll showed the same spread in June with more undecided then.
NORTH CAROLINA: "This was Obama's second post-primary stop in North Carolina. Both were in Raleigh, where Obama hopes to reach high-tech workers and transplants. Obama said the Bush administration has been ‘anti-science.’”
“Obama has also been reaching out to more rural voters,...( read more )
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