[img_assist|nid=2619|title=U.S. Sen. Barack Obama|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=279]A new Rasmussen poll has U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) beating U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) by 6 percentage points, which is outside the poll's margin-of-error.

The poll shows Obama gaining 47 percent of the vote and McCain with 41 percent.

A University of New Hampshire poll released earlier this week had Obama also leading McCain, but Obama's margin was within the poll's margin-of-error.

According to the Rasmussen poll, half of voters think reporters are helping Obama to win the election and eight percent said the same of McCain. Just 26 percent say reporters are presenting unbiased coverage.

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