McCain and Obama Virtually Tied in Michigan and North Carolina, Poll Shows

by Walter Alarkon - 07/30/08 1:41 PM ET

New surveys by Public Policy Polling shows Barack Obama and John McCain running neck and neck in Michigan and North Carolina.

In Michigan, Obama leads McCain 46 percent to 43 percent. The margin of error in that poll is 3.3 percentage points. Obama had led McCain by nine percentage points in the previous Michigan poll.

In North Carolina, McCain is ahead of Obama 47 percent to 44 percent. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr gets 3 percent. The margin of error in that survey is 3.4 percentage points. McCain had led Obama by four percentage points in the last poll of Tar Heel State voters.

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