WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic
presidential hopeful Barack Obama's overseas trip last week didn't boost his
standing in presidential race, a new CNN poll has found.
Survey results, released Wednesday, show the race has
remained virtually unchanged since late June, with Obama holding a 51-44 percent
edge over his Republican rival John McCain.
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Presumptive Democratic nominee for president Senator Barack Obama speaks to the media after the Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 29, 2008. Behind him from left are John Larson (D-CT), James Clyburn (D-SC) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rahm Emanuel (D-IL).(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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In a similar poll conducted one month ago, Obama held
a 5-pointlead over the senator from Arizona, 50-45 percent.
Meanwhile, the CNN poll of polls, an average of
several recent national surveys, shows a single-digit lead for Obama (48-45
percent) that keeps McCain within easy striking distance of his Democratic rival
with less than 100 days before voters weigh in at the polls.
The new survey also suggests the trip, carefully
designed to burnish Obama's foreign policy credentials, did little to alter
voters' perceptions of how the Illinois senator would handle national security
issues.
It shows Obama has not picked up any ground against
McCain on foreign issues and some 52 percent think McCain would do a better job
than Obama on the war in Iraq -- virtually the same number who felt that way in
April."
The poll also shows McCain has an edge on terrorism,
Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East.
In fact, every foreign policy and national security issue addressed tilts toward McCain.
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Presumptive Democratic nominee for president Senator Barack Obama speaks to the media after the Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 29, 2008. Behind him from left are John Larson (D-CT), James Clyburn (D-SC) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rahm Emanuel (D-IL).(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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