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      *Heading into tonight's final debate, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican rival John McCain by 14 percentage points, with three weeks to go until the U.S. election, a CBS News/New York Times poll showed on Tuesday.

      Obama had 53 percent support to McCain's 39 percent in the national opinion poll, CBS News said. Obama's lead was 3 points higher than in the previous poll on October 6.

      In the midst of a financial crisis and with the election looming on November 4, the stakes are high for the third and final debate between Obama and McCain on Wednesday at 9 p.m. EDT in Hempstead, New York.

      "Among independents who are likely voters -- a group that has swung back and forth between McCain and Obama over the course of the campaign -- the Democratic ticket now leads by 18 points. McCain led among independents last week," CBS said.

      It said Obama was widely seen as running the more positive campaign, with 61 percent saying McCain was spending more time attacking Obama than explaining what he would do as president. Just 27 percent said the same thing about Obama.

      McCain's favorable rating dropped 4 points to 36 percent and was now lower than his 41 percent unfavorable rating, CBS said. Obama was seen favorably by half of registered voters and unfavorably by 32 percent.

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