(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Democrat Barack Obama holds a three-point lead over Republican John McCain in the United States presidential race, according to a poll by TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence published in Investor’s Business Daily. 43 per cent of respondents would back the Illinois senator this year, while 40 per cent would vote for the Arizona senator.

17 per cent of respondents are undecided. Support for Obama fell by five points since May, while backing for McCain increased by three points.

On Jun. 11, independent Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman defended McCain’s position on the Iraq war, saying, "I view the attacks on Senator McCain as another partisan attempt to distort John McCain’s words, to distract the American people from the fact that John McCain has been both courageous and right about the surge (of troops) in Iraq, and Barack Obama has unfortunately been consistently wrong. The part that I find most outrageous is the suggestion that he’s out of touch with the needs of our troops."

In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The presidential election is scheduled for Nov. 4.

Polling Data

If the 2008 election for United States president were held today and the following were candidates for whom would you vote? Would you say Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain?

Source: TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence / Investor’s Business Daily
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 916 registered American voters, conducted from Jun. 2 to Jun. 8, 2008. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

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