Poll: Obama leads McCain nationally by small margin

[Ron Burgundy]

AP - THE RACE: The presidential race nationally

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THE NUMBERS

Barack Obama, 48 percent

John McCain, 42 percent

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OF INTEREST:

Nearly half say they're not comfortable that Obama has enough experience to be president, a large number of doubters. Among two pivotal swing groups, the rivals split independents evenly, while McCain is ahead among white Catholics. Strain from the drawn-out Democratic primaries still shows: While nearly nine in 10 Republicans back McCain, just eight in 10 Democrats support Obama. Yet Obama leads McCain in trust to handle most issues asked in the survey, including the top problem — the economy. He also does better on most personal attributes, including better understanding peoples' problems, and is tied with McCain on leadership, an issue on which the Republican led three months ago.

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The ABC News-Washington Post poll was conducted from June 12-15 and involved telephone interviews with 1,125 adults. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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COMPLETE RESULTS: http://www.abcnews.go.com and http://www.washingtonpost.com

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_el_pr/poll2008_national [link]