Obama Gains Traction, Pulls Ahead of McCain

04 November 2008 @ 09:59 pm EDT

Barack Obama has pulled ahead of John McCain in his quest to become the 44th U.S. president.


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Supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, react as they watches election returns on a big screen TV at an Obama field office in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Obama, the Democratic candidate has won crucial state Ohio, according to AP. Earlier in the evening Obama also won Pennsylvania, another important state.

Battleground states still too early to call include Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Colorado, according to AP.

Obama was leading the electoral votes race by 175 to 61 against McCain. Obama needs 270 to clinch the presidency.

Although Obama was gaining ground in electoral votes, the popular vote was very close.

Obama had a 49.9 percent popular lead while McCain had 49.2 percent.

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