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Obama leads McCain among Democrats, liberals, African Americans, voters under age 45 and women. And he now leads with working class whites, a change from last month. But he still has his nagging problems with supporters of Hillary Clinton, a quarter of whom say they are undecided. McCain leads among conservatives and white evangelicals. Independents are divided.

The economy is cited as the campaign's top issue by 36 percent with Iraq second at 17 percent. But 70 percent of voters say neither candidate is doing enough to address the economy. A bright spot for Obama, given McCain's superior numbers on foreign policy experience, may be that voters want the next President to focus on domestic issues over foreign issues by 77 percent to 8 percent.

Seventy-two percent of voters think McCain is very or somewhat likely to be an effective commander-in-chief compared to 59 percent for Obama. That's a 10 point decline for McCain since July.

Voters say that Obama says what he thinks they want to hear as opposed to what he believes by a 51 percent to 42 percent margin, while 49 percent think McCain says what he believes compared to 44 percent who say he says what they want to hear.