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Where Obama suffers is on the question of his experience, or lack of it, in world affairs. Voters say by a 63 percent to 26 percent margin that McCain has a better knowledge of world affairs and they trust him more to handle a crisis by 50 percent to 41 percent. That was something Obama tried to address today with a speech on Iraq, Afghanistan and foreign policy in advance of his upcoming trip abroad. However, they also believe by a 2-to-1 margin that Obama is better able to repair America's image abroad.

Other highlights from the poll:

• Voters said by 49 percent to 44 percent that Obama has been flip-flopping on the issues compared to 47 percent to 45 percent for McCain.

• Asked whether there were "some things" about each candidate that "worry you," voters answered yes about Obama by 2-to-1 and about McCain by more than 3-to-1. In 2000, voters felt that way about Al Gore by 62 percent to 35 percent, and about Bush by 59 percent to 38 percent.

• Voters were split on whether they thought Obama would be a good commander-in-chief of the military but said by 72 percent to 25 percent that McCain would be.

• Voters were evenly divided on which was more important: "strength and experience" or "new direction and new ideas."

• On Obama's experience level, voters said by 49 percent to 40 percent that Obama's lack of experience would hurt him somewhat or a great deal. They said by 43 percent to 33 percent that McCain's age would work against him.