Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 47.8%, McCain 45.1% McCain slowly gains on Obama UTICA, New York - Republican John McCain continued a slow advance on Democrat Barack Obama in the race for President, moving back within three percentage points as the race begins to head down the stretch run, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily tracking poll shows. Data from this poll is available here McCain now trails Obama by 2.7 points, down from the 3.9 point deficit he faced 24 hours earlier.