BREAKING: Obama leads McCain, 47% to 44% in Indiana poll

Star/WTHR poll: It's close in Indiana

Poll finds Obama has a fragile edge on McCain, 47% to 44%

By Bill Ruthhart and Tim Evans

Sen. Barack Obama holds a tenuous lead over Sen. John McCain in Indiana, with one in four likely voters saying they could change their mind on who to support for president, according to a new Indianapolis Star-WTHR (Channel 13) poll.

Obama's three-point lead in the poll, 47 percent to 44 percent, reinforces Indiana's status as a battleground in the race for the White House.

The poll, conducted Sunday through Tuesday by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, also revealed a geographic disparity between the two candidates: Obama, the Democrat, holds a 54 percent to 40 percent advantage in Indianapolis, but McCain, the Republican, leads in all other regions of the state, including Northwest Indiana.

Pollster J. Ann Selzer said the poll, with a 4 percentage point margin of error, reflects a lead by Obama that is tentative and reliant on a solid turnout in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

Obama's advantage, the poll found, easily could be erased. That's because one in four likely voters are still up for grabs: Six percent are undecided, and almost 20 percent of voters who say they prefer Obama or McCain say they could be persuaded to vote for someone else.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/NEWS0502/80917076

Beth Kinder, 39, Monticello, said she prefers Biden over Palin, calling McCain's choice a "political ploy."

"The fact that she's a woman and I'm a woman, so I should support her, I don't buy into that," Kinder said of Palin. "That is the wrong reason to vote for someone."

Kinder, a Republican, said she's voting for Obama because she believes he is best suited to address issues most important to her: high gas prices, jobs and the economy.

"He comes with a lot of energy," she said. "I see great things coming from him."

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/NEWS0502/80917076

IG, Indiana could put Obama in the White House.

so by 6:30 pm on election day we will know if there is an Obama tsunami.

Turn Indiana blue! Go Obama!!

I knew that "fundamentals" crap would be McCain's swan song!

:)

Even if Obama does not ultimately prevail there, this will force McCain to spend $$$ there.

Whoa! I never seen like that before. Indiana is my home state. I remember Indiana always goes for GOP Presidential, but I never thought it can go to for Obama. Cool. :)

That's great.

I immediately went to the newspaper website.

Gotta think that the talking heads on cable(cnn) had a clue by the way that they were talking up Obama in Indiana yesterday.

Things are beginning to move. :)

Palips/McCan't have screwed the pooch.

Hoosier Daddy...

Where is that groaner smiley?



ETA: I'll give you this instead :thumbsup:

The McCain campaign will probably get pics of Obama at Barbra's. Wanna bet?

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that's exciting.

:9

LOL

:woohoo:

Pretty good news for Indiana, a state which Clinton, Gore, & Kerry lost handily to be competitive....If anything, probably makes McBush have to start spending money there..

Obama at even that small of a lead?

Indiana's economy has been ravaged, and there is a lot of Bush fatigue and McCain is seen as Bush 44.

BTW, people from Indiana are called Hoosiers.

the silver lining is we might be able to get the country the help it needs.

Obama has an ad he's played in PA for the Economy and someone suggested it be aired in Ohio and now we can add Indiana to that growing list.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7096000

I thought IN was written off weeks ago as unrealistic. WOW! :-D

Ranked by Most Important) McCain Obama Not-Sure Most-Important

Has the experience to lead 58 31 11 17
Shares your values 40 45 15 16
Will do the most to create new jobs in Indiana 30 44 26 16
Is best able to bring about the changes in policy you want 39 47 14 13
Is best able to change the way Washington works 34 47 19 13
Will be the most successful in unifying the country 38 45 17 13
Will do the best at cutting your taxes 39 39 22 13
Is the most trustworthy 39 40 21 12
Has a vision for the country’s future that appeals to you 40 48 12 9
Has the most effective leadership style 45 44 11 7
Understands people like you 38 49 13 7
Gives you the most hope for the future 37 49 14 7

many Indiana towns were smacked hard and early by economic downturn.

Anderson, Muncie, Kokomo, etc. Very depressed markets for business, just for starters. These folks have had it real bad and have seen no relief for the 8 years under Bush. It could be that many of them are willing to invest in some hope of change, which Obama embodies and not McCain.

Come on Arizona and Montana.

It's been a good day of polls, but this one tops them all.

:wow:

Looks like they'll be putting it on their schedules.

Obama has a good organization in Indiana. On the negative side, I expect Southern Indiana to be heavily influenced by cultural wedge issues, and racism.

We're doing our part in NC

I am so glad that the race in Indiana is so close. The state I go to school in, Tennessee, is not close, so I am glad to vote in a state where my vote will make a difference. I can't wait to go home from fall break and cast an early absentee ballot in Indianapolis.

My brother and I have been working very hard on our parents. As it stands right now, dad is a tepid supporter of Obama, mom says that she may vote for him, but, will NOT vote for McCain. She says if she does vote for Obama, she will tell everyone she voted for McCain. LOL I told her that her secret would be safe with me if she does.

Anyway, I've been wondering about Indiana and what Obama's internals have been telling him, because, he's been spending quite a bit of time and money there. Why would he bother in such a red state if it wasn't plausible that it could go Blue? :shrug:

I bet McCan't is pissed because now he'll actually have to put some money into Indiana. My guess is the main issue is the economy. I know a lot of Hoosiers feel like they were conned by the republicans, and Hoosiers don't take too kindly to con-men.

This is looking like a landslide!

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Go Indiana!!!!!

Michigan and Pennsylvania are too close for comfort for Obama yet Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia are too close for comfort for McSame.