Although the political party preferences of voters favor the Democrats, Barack Obama is not fully reaping the benefit of that because John McCain is getting more support from members of his party than Obama is from Democrats, according to a Gallup analysis of its daily tracking poll data. While McCain has the loyalty of 84 percent of Republicans, Obama's support among Democrats stands at 79 percent. In addition, while independents lean more towards the Democrats than Republicans, Obama and McCain currently run neck-and-neck among the 36 percent who describe themselves as independents. This is a trend that can also be seen in some individual state polls posted in our round-ups. Part of Obama's problem no doubt lies with the reluctance of some Hillary Clinton supporters to embrace him. A New York Times/CBS News poll found that about a quarter of former Clinton backers said they were undecided. The continuing antipathy between some in the Obama and Clinton camps was also highlighted by a Times/CBS poll of Democratic convention delegates.
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