Poll Tracker

Other toplines from the poll:

• Like McCain, Sarah Palin has fallen from favorable to unfavorable territory. She was viewed favorably by 35 percent in September, unfavorably by 29 percent, 11 percent were undecided and 23 percent still didn't know enough about her. Now, 41 percent view her unfavorably, 30 percent favorably, 14 percent are undecided and 15 percent say they haven't heard enough about her (Can that be?).

• Voters said by 65 percent to 28 percent that Obama has been spending his campaign time explaining his policies rather than attacking his opponent. Sixty-nine percent said McCain had mostly been on the attack compared to the 23 percent who said he had been explaining his positions. That compared to September when 54 percent characterized McCain as being on the attack while 38 percent said he had been explaining his stands.

• Sixty-three percent of voters say they "enthusiastically" back Obama, the same number that said so last month. However, the level of enthusiastic support for McCain has fallen from 32 percent to 25 percent. About a quarter of voters have reservations about their support of Obama compared to 55 percent for McCain.

• Obama's positive numbers have remained steady on the measures of whether he understands the needs and problems of people, his ability to deal with a crisis, his readiness to be commander-in-chief, and his ability to make the right decisions about the economy. A majority continue to believe he would make the right decisions on Iraq but by a somewhat lower number than on the other issues.

• McCain got low marks when it came to voter confidence about him handling the economy. Voters said 50 percent to 49 percent that they were not too confident or not confident at all, compared to September when they did express confidence in him by a 54 percent to 45 percent margin.