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CNN Poll: Americans rate Obama over McCain on economy

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-23 15:43

WASHINGTON - More Americans think Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama would do a better job handling an economic crisis than his Republican opponent John McCain, according to a CNN public opinion poll released on Monday.

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama delivers a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Obama warned the Wall Street meltdown was no mere "accident of history" but proved the need for sweeping change to purge the waste and abuse staining US politics. [Agencies]

Forty-nine percent of those questioned said Obama, and Illinois senator, would display good judgment in an economic crisis, six points higher than McCain, an Arizona senator.