North Carolina is closely divided on the presidential race.
According to a new poll by Opinion Research Corp. of battleground states for CNN and Time magazine, Republican John McCain had 48 percent and Democrat Barack Obama had 47 percent.
Three percent said neither and one percent said other. Voters who were unsure were asked to say who they were more likely to vote for.
"But other polls in the state suggest McCain has a larger lead, and when averaged in a new CNN poll of polls out Wednesday, McCain has a 10-point lead," CNN writes.
When third-party candidates were included in the question, McCain had 46, Obama 45, two percent selected Libertarian Bob Barr, two percent Ralph Nader and one percent Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney.
Only Barr would be on the North Carolina ballot in November.
The poll of 910 registered voters was taken Sept. 14-16. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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