MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP have released the results of a poll of likely voters in the battleground state of Oregon. The results show that of likely voters in that state, John Kerry has 53% of the vote and George W. Bush has 45% of the vote.
The poll of 700 likely voters, conducted October 15 - 18, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Respondents were also asked about the proposal on the ballot to amend the Oregon state constitution so that only marriages between a man and a woman would be recognized as legal and valid by the state. Results showed that 50% of likely voters were for the proposal, 44% were against the proposal, 5% had no opinion, and 1% did not answer.
In addition to nationwide polls, USA TODAY/CNN/GALLUP is tracking the support for the candidates in the closely contested states likely to decide the 2004 election. Results for the Oregon state poll will appear in tomorrow's editions of USA TODAY. Complete results can now be found on USATODAY.com by going to
http://www.politics.usatoday.com and clicking on USA TODAY polls.
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