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October 27, 2008

ISSUE 1242

SUPPORT FOR MCCAIN DROPS IN RURAL AREAS: POLL

A poll of rural voters in 13 swing states shows that those voters moved toward Democrat Barack Obama during a three-week period in October as their choice for president.

The Center for Rural Strategies poll, commissioned on behalf of the National Rural Assembly, sampled rural voters in Florida, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada from Oct. 1-21. During these three weeks the poll found that Obama led McCain 46 to 45 percent. A month ago, the poll showed McCain led 51-41.