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Only about a quarter of voters believe that, if elected, it is very likely that John McCain or Barack Obama will make the changes needed on Wall Street, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept.17. If you add the "somewhat likely" voters, half believe McCain will make the necessary changes and 44 percent say it is not very likely or not likely at all. Fifty-three percent in all say Obama will do what's necessary if the "somewhat likely" votes are included, and 42 percent say it is not very likely or not likely at all.

Sixty-four percent of voters say it is very or somewhat likely that the recent bank failures will have an impact on their personal finances while 32 percent say it is not very likely or not likely at all.