John McCain has cut some of the gap between himself and Barack Obama on who Americans think better understands the nation's economic problems, but Obama still leads 53 percent to 44 percent with 1 percent either preferring someone else or no one at all, and 2 percent with no opinion in a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted Oct. 16-19. The margin of error is 2.5 percent. Obama had led McCain by 31 points on the economy issue last week, but the poll says McCain's efforts to focus on the economy at the debate and on the campaign trail have cut that to 19 points.
McCain's "I am not President Bush" retort to Obama at the debate helped push down somewhat the number of voters who think McCain would likely continue the policies of President Bush. Last week, they held that view by 52 percent to 45 percent, and the new poll says voters now believe it by 49 percent to 48 percent.
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