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Poll: Obama Holds 7-Point Lead

President Obama holds a 7-point lead over his Republican challenger and has hit the crucial 50 percent threshold in a new national poll released Friday. The president is leading Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney 50-43 percent in a new poll from Allstate and the National Journal , buoyed by support from minority groups and increasing optimism about the future of the country. The poll found the president had the support of 78 percent of non-white voters, versus just 18 percent for Romney. Obama carries more than 90 percent of black voters, and more than two-thirds of Hispanics/ Justin Sink , The Hill. More here.

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