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The poll found 45 percent of voters supported Obama, D-Ill., and 39 percent backed McCain, R-Ariz., unchanged from a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted last month.

Seven in 10 voters who support a candidate said they had made up their mind, while 3 in 10 said it was still too early to say for sure.

Obama's overseas trip last month did not enhance U.S. voter perceptions of his effectiveness as a commander in chief, CBS News said.

Twenty percent of those surveyed said Obama was "very likely" to be an effective commander in chief, down 4 percentage points from last month. McCain was seen as very likely to be effective by 38 percent of respondents, down 8 points from last month.

Seventy-seven percent of voters also said the next president should focus more on domestic policy than foreign policy, with 36 percent citing the economy and jobs as their top concerns, eclipsing the war in Iraq at 17 percent, the poll indicated.

The telephone survey was conducted July 31 to Aug. 5 among 906 registered voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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