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Obama unlikely to sway many voters in Senate race, poll shows

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Independent and undecided voters in Illinois — who may make the difference in the closely contested Senate contest between Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias — say in a new poll that President Obama’s backing of a candidate may not influence them.The automated phone survey of Obama’s coattails in his adopted home state by Public Policy Polling included 576 likely Illinois voters who were called Aug. 14 and 15, with a margin of error of 4.1 percentage points.

Most polls show the Kirk-Giannoulias race tied. Obama stumped for Giannoulias on Aug. 9, when he headlined a fund-raiser for him in Chicago.

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