Quinnipiac Polls: Obama Still Up in Fla., Ohio and Pa., But Tour Didn’t Help

New Quinnipiac University polls show that Barack Obama is ahead of John McCain in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. But his leads in each state have declined since the last Quinnipiac surveys.

In Florida, Obama is up 46 percent to 44 percent. He had led by four percentage points in the June survey.

In Ohio, Obama also leads 46 percent to 44 percent, after having been up by six points in June.

In Pennsylvania, Obama has a 49 percent to 42 percent lead. The margin was 12 percent last month.

The margin of error is 2.8 percent in the Florida and Ohio polls and 2.7 percent in Pennsylvania.

Voters in those states also overwhelmingly support calls for more domestic oil drilling, which McCain has called for and Obama has opposed.

“While Obama was on tour, trying to show voters he could handle world affairs, voters were home trying to fill their gas tanks,” said Peter Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.