Inexperience, Iraq, No Trust

Gallup takes a closer look today at the reasons why voters don't want to see the remaining prez candidates win office. Voters indicated that inexperience is Barack Obama's biggest weakness, while trust is a problem for Hillary Clinton. Clinton's husband is a liability as well, according to the poll. John McCain, meanwhile, suffers because of his Iraq war position and because he is perceived as being too much like President Bush and therefore not able to bring change to government.

When Americans were asked which of the leading candidates they least want to see elected president, 40% named McCain, 36% named Clinton and 20% named Obama.

-- Among those who answered Obama, 39% said they believe he is too inexperienced to be president, 15% said they don't trust him, and 12% said that he's Muslim.

-- Among those who answered Clinton, 24% said they don't trust her, 18% said they don't want Bill Clinton back in the White House, and 16% simply don't like her.

-- Among those who answered McCain, 27% disagreed with his position on the Iraq war, 25% said he's too much like Bush, and 23% said he's a Republican.

The national survey of 1,005 adults was conducted from March 24-27. It has a margin or error of 4 percentage points.

(JENNIFER SKALKA)