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Barack Obama enjoys a 52 percent to 40 percent advantage over John McCain when it comes to voters seeing him as the candidate best able to handle the economy, according to a Gallup poll conducted Aug. 21-23. That's good news for Obama since 43 percent of registered voters name the economy as the top issue with Iraq a distant second at 15 percent and energy third at 14 percent.

McCain leads Obama 58 percent to 34 percent on handling terrorism. But only 9 percent of voters cite terrorism as their most important issue. McCain also has double-digit leads when it comes to handling policy towards Russia and the situation in Iraq.

Obama leads on most other domestic issues: by 22 points on health care and 11 points on energy. He has a slim 47 percent to 44 percent lead on taxes. The margin of error is 4 percent.