Poll: Obama seen as more compassionate than McCain

Among voters, Obama also leads on who would better handle the economy, 57 percent to 37 percent; a financial crisis, 53 percent to 36 percent; and health care, 60 percent to 33 percent. McCain leads on the issue of terrorism, 54 percent to 44 percent. 

Obama's favorable rating among those questioned in the poll is 62 percent, down one percentage point from three weeks ago. McCain's favorable rating is 54 percent, down three points from three weeks ago.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Friday through Sunday, with 1,006 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for some questions and plus or minus 4.5 percentage points for others.

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