Breakdown

Look at how voters view the candidates on the major issues as revealed in the latest Rasmussen daily tracking poll. Barack leads significantly only on the environment and healthcare, while McCain leads bigtime on national security, the war in Iraq, immigration, taxes and abortion. Barack is trusted more only on 4 of these 14 major issues. Do you feel you've gotten a good sense of this from media coverage?

McCain-Obama: Trust on Issues	McCain	Obama	Links
Economy	45%	44%	C, T
National Security	51%	40%	C, T
Energy	46%	42%	C, T
Ethics	44%	46%	C, T
Iraq	51%	39%	C, T
Immigration	45%	36%	C, T
Environment	40%	48%	C, T
Balance Federal Budget	43%	40%	C, T
Negotiate Trade Agreements	45%	40%	C, T
Taxes	47%	40%	C, T
Social Security	44%	38%	C, T
Healthcare	41%	46%	C, T
Education	39%	43%	C, T
Abortion	40%	34%	C, T

By the way, Barack leads by two points in the poll.