Obama gaining on Clinton in Pennsylvania

(Via CNN.com.)

Sen. Barack Obama continues to chip away at Sen. Hillary Clinton’s lead in the crucial state of Pennsylvania, a new Quinnipiac poll out Tuesday showed.

The New York senator’s lead over Obama now stands at 6 points in the new poll, 50-44 percent.

That compares to the 9-point lead Clinton held in a similar survey released five days ago, and an 11-point lead in a Quinnipiac survey late last month.

Specifically, Clinton has lost ground among white voters and men: She now holds an 18-point lead among whites, down from a 25-point gap in last week’s poll, and trails Obama by 4 points among males.

Last week, the two drew equal support from men.

But Clinton continues to remain strong with her core voting bloc of older voters and white women, and likely Pennsylvania Democratic voters rate her more favorably than Obama — 71 percent for Clinton and 67 percent for Obama.