Poll: Obama-Biden leads McCain-Palin in Minnesota, Iowa
Last update: September 3, 2008 - 4:15 PM


A new poll shows the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden with a healthy lead over John McCain and Sarah Palin in the battleground states of Minnesota and Iowa.

In Minnesota, the Democrats are ahead 53 percent to 41 percent; in Iowa, they're ahead 55 percent to 40 percent.

The poll, conducted Sunday through Tuesday for Time Magazine and CNN, is the first to include the running mates of both presidential tickets. It has a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points.