Polls: McCain Leads Obama !

McCain now leads Democratic rival Barack Obama by 50 percent to 46 percent among registered voters, the Arizona senator's biggest margin since January. The results are even more remarkable considering that before last week's convention, McCain actually trailed Obama by 7 percentage points.


More significantly, the poll shows McCain with a 10-point lead among voters who are most likely to vote, 54 percent to 44 percent over Obama.

"The Republicans had a very successful convention and, at least initially, the selection of Sarah Palin has made a big difference," political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia told USA Today. "He's in a far better position than his people imagined he would be in at this point."