Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain 45 percent to 39 percent, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll which was conducted July 7-14 and included telephone interviews with 1,534 registered voters. The margin of error expected is 3 percent.

72 percent of the voters said that they had made up their mind while 28 percent said that they were still undecided. According to the poll, McCain is more popular among whites of both sexes and working-class whites. Obama however has a substantial fan following among Hispanics and voters under the age of 65. The two are running more or less neck to neck among independents and people age 65 and above.

The Times/CBS poll compares to a Washington Post/ABC News Poll released earlier today that had Obama running ahead 50 percent to 42 percent. This poll also had a margin of error of about 3 percent. The poll was conducted from July 10-13 and included telephone interviews with 971 registered voters.

The poll revealed that Obama is more trusted by people in case of domestic issues like the economy, the budget deficit and immigration while McCain is trusted more in case of foreign policies. Both are trusted equally in matters of Iraq, Iran and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. But Obama is considered far more promising than McCain when it comes to restoration of the U.S. image abroad.