Poll: Obama still faces doubts on experience

A new poll out on election eve says that voters look at Democrat Barack Obama as a strong leader, but are divided about whether he has enough seasoning.

Sixty percent of likely voters said Obama is a "strong and decisive leader," 57 percent said he is someone they would be proud to have as president, and 55 percent said he can bring the change the country needs, according to the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll.

But only 46 percent said he had the right experience to be president, while 52 percent said he doesn't.

For Republican John McCain, 64 percent said he is a strong leader, 59 percent said he is someone they would be proud of as president, and 77 percent said he has the right experience, the poll found.

But only 46 percent said McCain can deliver the change needed.

The same survey reinforces the impression that McCain's running mate Sarah Palin is not quite ready for prime time. Only 37 percent of likely voters said she has the qualities needed to be president, compared to 67 percent for Democrat Joe Biden.

If they could vote only for vice president, 56 percent picked Biden while only 43 percent picked Palin.

The poll was conducted Oct. 30-Nov. 1 and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for likely voters.