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Obama leads McCain in new poll of Wisconsin voters

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 13 percentage points in a new poll of Wisconsin voters.

Half of the respondents said they would vote for Obama if the election was held now. Thirty-seven percent would choose McCain.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Political Science/WisPolitics.com poll surveyed 506 randomly chosen likely voters by telephone from June 8-10. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.