The online interactive survey included 2,248 likely voters nationwide and was conducted on Aug. 23-24, 2008. It carries a margin of error of +/- 2.1 percentage points.
In the poll's horserace question, Obama got a small bump out of the announcement, and now leads McCain, 46% to 44%, in a two-way contest, and leads 45% to 42% in a five-way contest including Libertarian candidate Bob Barr of Georgia, who won 4%, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney and liberal independent candidate Ralph Nader, both of whom won 1% support.
Previous poll survey was conducted Aug. 14-16 had McCain ahead by 5%.............46%-41%
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