Poll: Economic Discontent Boosts Barack Obama Over John McCain

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Democrat Takes 52-43 Lead Among Likely Voters, Erases Republican's Post-Palin Pick Gains
ANALYSIS by GARY LANGER
Sept. 24, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5866046&page=1

Concerns about the economy have spiked since the global financial crisis roiled the stock market and sparked a proposed government bailout.

Fifty-three percent of registered voters in this new ABC News/Washington Post poll call the economy the single most important issue in the election, up 12 points in two weeks to an extraordinary level of agreement.

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http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1073a108ElectionUpdate.pdf

The public is cool to the bailout itself, underscoring economic uncertainty.

Eight in 10 are worried about the economy's future, half of them very worried. Personal concern runs high as well; six in 10 are worried about their family's finances. And 83 percent say the country's seriously off on the wrong track, back within a point of its record high -- set just this June -- in polls dating to early 1970s.

All these work for Obama.