National Poll Released by USA Today/Gallup Poll: Barack Obama 45%, John McCain 49%

Here are the latest results from the USA Today National Polls poll by USA Today/Gallup Poll published on USAElectionPolls.com:

There were 791 voters polled on 7/25-27.

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Gallup editor Frank Newport tells Jill that "registered voters are much more important at the moment," because Election Day is still 100 days away, but that the likely-voter result suggests that it may be possible for McCain to energize Republicans and turn them out this fall.

Who is a likely voter? In this poll, Frank says, that was determined by how much thought people have given to the election, how often they say they vote and whether they plan to vote in the election in November.

He says the number of likely GOP voters is up for now, probably in part because of Obama's trip and the "laudatory" media coverage of it. "At least in the short term it may have had the side effect of energizing Republicans," he says. Also, he says that McCain's sharp words about Obama and the media last week may have energized his faithful.

Source: State Primary Polls, Electoral College Results