Barack Obama's leads in the polls have been attributed to concerns about the economy, and a new Gallup poll, conducted Oct. 3-5, looking at factors affecting voters' decisions supports that.
Forty-three percent say they are more likely to vote for Obama because of his economic and tax plans compared to 33 percent who say that makes them less likely to support him. Compare that to the numbers for McCain where 44 percent of voters say they are less likely to back McCain because of his economic policies while 30 percent said they were more likely.
On Iraq, voters said 43 percent to 31 percent that they were more likely to vote for Obama because he opposed the Iraq war in 2003, while 40 percent said McCain's support of the war made it less likely they'd vote for him compared to 32 percent who said his stance made it more likely.
The numbers play out different on the question of support for the surge, an issue McCain has been pressing against Obama, saying that Obama refuses to recognize that the surge has been a success. Obama is on the wrong side of voters here, with 38 percent saying his opposition to the surge made it less likely they'd vote for him compared to 32 percent who said his position made it more likely. Voters said Thirty-eight percent to 30 percent that McCain's support of the surge made it more likely they'd support him.
Thirty-eight percent of voters said they would be less likely to vote for McCain because of his age and they also said, by 41 percent to 33 percent, that his choice of Sarah Palin made it less likely they'd back the GOP ticket.
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