INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new statewide poll shows Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain running even in Indiana with less than a month to go before the Nov. 4 election.

The WISH-TV Indiana poll released Monday night found Obama and McCain each supported by 46 percent of likely voters. Five percent were undecided and 3 percent said they favored another candidate.

The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

The poll was a telephone survey of 800 likely voters conducted Sept. 29-Oct. 3 by Maryland-based Research 2000.

Recent polls have shown a tight race or McCain with a slight lead in Indiana, where a Democratic presidential candidate hasn’t won since 1964.

Republicans have said they’re confident McCain will win Indiana, while the Obama campaign insists the state and its 11 electoral votes are in play. The Republican National Committee has started running TV commercials in Indiana supporting McCain. A McCain campaign official last week said the campaign would add paid staff this week in Indiana, where McCain has had no field offices.

McCain hasn’t visited the state since July 1. Obama plans to visit Indianapolis on Wednesday, his sixth trip to Indiana since the May primary.