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Obama holds 4-point lead on McCain in race

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-11 15:25

US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama makes a surprise visit to an election campaign volunteer training session in Columbus, Ohio, October 10, 2008. [Agencies]

WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama holds a 4-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.

Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 44 percent among likely US voters in the latest four-day tracking poll, down slightly from Obama's 5-point advantage on Friday. The poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.