9:30 AM: Obama, McCain lead in new ARG poll
The latest survey from the American Research Group has Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton after she had the edge in the previous two polls it did, including one that was completed just two days ago.
In the latest poll, done Feb. 17-18, 52 percent of respondents supported Obama, compared to 42 who backed Clinton.
The previous poll, done Feb. 15-16, had Clinton up 49-43.
On the GOP side, John McCain was backed by 51 percent of respondents, compared to 43 percent for Huckabee.
The previous poll had McCain up 46-42.
ARG surveyed 600 randomly selected likely voters in each poll. The Dem survey included 407 Dems and 193 independents and Republicans. The GOP survey includded 433 Republicans and 167 independents and Dems.
Each had a margin of error or plus or minus 4 percentage points.
-- By JR Ross
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