Romney edges ahead of Obama in poll

Mitt Romney has edged ahead of Barack Obama in the latest political poll in the United States.

The presumptive Republican candidate has 46 percent support against the President's 43.

The previous CBS New York Times poll last month had them tied on 43 percent.

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