| | Obama lead over McCain tightens in Gallup tracking poll
 WASHINGTON (AFP) — The race for the White House has tightened slightly, with Barack Obama's lead over John McCain narrowing to seven percentage points at the end of the past week, according to a Gallup tracking poll released Sunday.
Based on polling from Thursday through Saturday, hard on the heels of Wednesday's televised debate, Gallup put Democratic contender Obama at 50 percent Friday, unchanged from a week earlier, after it climbed to as high as 52 percent in mid-week.
His Republican rival McCain meanwhile shifted a point to 43 percent -- his best showing in a week that had shown him as low as 41 percent.
"Obama has led in each of the last three days' individual day's polling, but by less than double-digits each day, suggesting that the race is, in fact, tightening," said Gallup as it released its findings.
Gallup's tracking poll is based on daily telephone interviews with no fewer than 1,000 American adults across the country in the run-up to the November 4 election.
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