Clinton Holds Lead In Swing States: Poll
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a 50 percent–41 percent lead over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters, a Quinnipiac poll found today.
This compares to a 53 – 41 percent lead by Clinton in a March 18 survey between she and Obama in Pennsylvania.
She also runs better against Arizona Sen. John McCain in the swing states—Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio.
In general election match up of the three largest and most important swing states in the Electoral College, the survey finds:
•   Florida: Clinton 44 percent – McCain 42 percent; McCain beats Obama 46 – 37 percent.
•   Ohio: Clinton beats McCain 48 – 39 percent; Obama gets 43 percent to McCain’s 42 percent.
•   Pennsylvania: Clinton tops McCain 48 – 40 percent; Obama leads McCain 43 – 39 percent.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
