CBS Poll: Presidential Race Tightens after VP debate

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Oct. 6, 2008
(CBS) In a sign that the race for president has returned to about where it was before the first presidential debate, the Obama-Biden ticket leads the McCain-Palin ticket 47 percent to 43 percent among registered voters in a new CBS News poll. But the one to watch for is this , the Democratic ticket leads by 3 percentage points, 48 percent to 45 percent, among LIKELY voters.

The Obama-Biden ticket led by a wider margin, nine percentage points, in a CBS News poll released last Wednesday, before Joe Biden and Sarah Palin faced off in the vice presidential debate.
Roughly one in five registered voters have yet to commit to a candidate,