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WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama is running ahead of Republican John McCain in three battleground states in the presidential race, new surveys show.
The series of polls by Quinnipiac University found:
• Obama is slightly ahead of McCain in Florida, 47 percent to 43 percent.
• The Illinois senator holds a modest lead in Ohio, 48 percent to 42 percent.
• Obama’s lead is clearer in Pennsylvania, where he’s up 12 points, 52 percent to 40 percent.
The polls were conducted June 9-16. The Florida and Ohio polls have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points. The Pennsylvania survey had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
