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Polls may fail to take into account the issue of race and Barack Obama's historic role as the first African-American to win a major political party's nomination.

According to the Reuters/Zogby poll, Barack Obama now has a statistically insignificant 1-point edge over John McCain among independents -- an indication that America will once again be dealing with a very close election.

(Reuters.com September 18, 2008)