Barack Obama leads John McCain 49 percent to 45 percent among likely voters in a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll conducted Sept. 19-22. The margin of error is 3 percent. The lead is only 46 percent to 44 percent if all registered voters are counted. With more than a month to go till election day, the poll said only about 10 percent of registered voters were still undecided or wavering.
Obama appears to have benefited from voters being especially focused on economic issues during the current financial crisis. Registered voters preferred his ideas on the economy over McCain's by 46 percent to 32 percent. They preferred Obama on dealing with rising oil and gasoline prices by 46 percent to 31 percent and on health care by 54 percent to 25 percent.
McCain has kept the race close by making gains among independents, among whom he leads 49 percent to 34 percent, and due to the enthusiasm of supporters over his choice of Sarah Palin. Forty-three percent of Republicans and 38 percent of independents said McCain's choice of her made them more likely to vote Republican. But Times/Bloomberg said "the terrain is shifting in Obama's favor."
Some negatives for Obama is that about a quarter for former Hillary Clinton supporters say they will vote for McCain. And the 37 percent of voters that had an unfavorable impression of him attributed that to his inexperience.
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