In a survey of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections, 53 percent said they would support Obama, and 39 percent said they would support Republican John McCain.

A total of 3 percent in the poll said they would support someone else, and another

5 percent were undecided.

Obama led among both male and female voters and all age groups as well as with independent voters. Of the independents polled,

55 percent support Obama and 37 percent support McCain.

The poll was conducted Sept. 15-17 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.