According the a new poll released by TIME Sen. Barack Obama is the only democrat that can beat Sen. John McCain if the general election were held today.
Obama captured 48% of the vote in the theoretical match-up against McCain’s 41%, the TIME poll reported, while Clinton and McCain would deadlock at 46% of the vote each.
Mark Schulman, CEO of Abt SRBI, which conducted the poll for TIME, said:
“independents tilt toward McCain when he is matched up against Clinton But they tilt toward Obama when he is matched up against the Illinois Senator.” Independents, added Schulman, “are a key battleground.”
