Helped by the issue of the economy, Barack Obama leads John McCain 51 percent to 47 percent among likely voters in a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Sept. 19-21. The margin of error is 3 points. Among all registered voters, Obama's lead is 51 percent to 46 percent. If third party candidates Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr are included, Obama has a 48 percent to 45 percent lead among likely voters, with Nader getting 4 percent and Barr and green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney at 1 percent each.
Registered voters blame Republicans over Democrats for the current financial crisis by 47 percent to 24 percent with 8 percent saying neither party is to blame. Obama has a 6 point lead over McCain on who voters think would handle the crisis better and a 10 point lead in terms of managing the economy overall.
"The economy has always been considered John McCain's Achilles' heel, and the CNN poll of polls started to show an Obama edge in the middle of last week -- just as the financial crisis began to hit home for many Americans," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
Obama appears to have turned back McCain's gains on the issue of "change," leading him by 14 points compared to the 8 point margin he had just after the GOP convention.
Thirty-five percent of voters have an unfavorable opinion of Sarah Palin, up 8 points from CNN's previous survey.
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