With 11 Days Until Election Day, Obama-Biden Lead McCain-Palin by 7 Points

New York, NY - Today's Diageo/Hotline Daily Tracker Poll shows the Obama-Biden ticket expanding its lead over McCain-Palin among likely voters.

In today's Poll, Obama-Biden is at 50%, McCain-Palin is at 43%, and 5% of likely voters are undecided. The Poll also shows a decrease in likely voters that are still undecided, from 9% in the October 21 Poll, to 5% in today's Poll.

General Election Ballot: McCain-Palin v Obama-Biden*

The Poll shows that Obama-Biden's lead as being largely driven by female likely voters. Among this group, Obama-Biden leads McCain-Palin by 16 points, and among male likely voters, McCain-Palin leads Obama-Biden by only one percentage point.

Table 1: Head-to-head among Males and Females

While Obama-Biden has a 7-point lead in the head-to-head over McCain-Palin, the Democratic presidential candidate's favorability ratings are only 3 points higher than those of his Republican counterpart, (58% - 55%).

Today's Poll shows that Obama has slightly regained his narrow lead in favorability ratings, as the two candidates were at par in the October 22 Poll, and McCain was viewed more favorably than Obama in yesterday's Poll by one point, (57% - 56%)

Favorability: Obama v McCain*

Obama remains ahead of McCain in terms of expected performance on the economy, (46% - 40%). McCain has slightly closed in on Obama's lead on this issue since the October 20 and 21 Polls, in which the gap between the two candidates was 11 points.

Who would do Best Job Handling the Economy?*

* data presented in charts based on rolling 3-day average of 760+ likely voter interviews (out of 900+ registered voter interviews) concluded the previous day. This is based on at least 300 interviews conducted daily.

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