MADISON, Wis. – Barack Obama and John McCain are statistically tied in their race for the presidency in seven of the eight states that are home to Big Ten universities, according to a poll released Thursday.
The race is within the Big Ten Battleground Poll’s margin of error in Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Pennsylvania. Obama has a 16-point lead in his home state of Illinois, a Democratic stronghold he represents in the U.S. Senate.