Gallup: Obama Leads Among Catholics

by Chris Good - 06/26/08 11:06 AM ET

Barack Obama holds a four percentage point lead over John McCain among Catholics, according to a new poll by Gallup.

Gallup found that 47 percent of Catholics support Obama, while 43 percent support McCain. See the full results here. Gallup polled 14,000 Catholics from the survey June 2-23, all after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) ended her presidential run.

Clinton garnered more support from Catholics than Obama during the Democratic primary, outperforming him 56 percent to 37 percent in a March Gallup survey.

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