MySpace/The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll results

MySpace, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News recently conducted a nationwide poll of Americans who are eligible to vote for the first time, or who skipped the previous election but are registered now.

Here are some of the highlights of the poll findings:

• They back Sen. Obama over Sen. John McCain by a margin of 61% to 30%
• When asked to rank their interest in the Nov. 4 election, just 49% said they were "very interested"
• Only 54% of the new voters said they would definitely vote Nov. 4.
• When asked why the election is important, new voters cited the need to pick a president who can strengthen the economy more than any other reason
• Almost nine in 10 said the U.S. is in a state of decline.
• 72% said the government should do more to solve problems -- 24 points higher than the electorate as a whole
• Only 19% said they had confidence in the federal government

• Download the full poll results here.
• Blog: What does the poll mean?
  by Lee Brenner, Executive Producer of Political Programming & Director of MySpace IMPACT.