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NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Keeps The National Lead (Romney's negatives up)
NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Keeps The National Lead
Kyle Leighton
Paul Ryan’s debut on the national stage seems to have been successful so far — he’s attracting big crowds on the trail and he’s been an able surrogate for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. But a new national poll shows his presence on the national Republican ticket hasn’t attracted much attention.
A survey commissioned by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal is the first of the major national polls to be taken after Ryan became Romney’s V.P. choice, and it shows President Obama with a 4 point lead over Romney nationally, 48 percent to 44 percent. A month ago NBC/WSJ showed Obama with 49 percent to Romney’s 43.
“Mitt Romney is starting to accumulate a number of negatives on the personal front and issues front,” said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, according to NBC’s FirstRead blog. “Mitt Romney has a lot of repair work to do with his image.”
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Romney’s personal rating has remained negative as more voters make a decision about him. In the current poll, his favorability rating is 38 percent against 44 percent unfavorable. A month ago, it was a 35 favorable/40 unfavorable spit, meaning that Romney’s image isn’t really gaining ground — something that’s been a problem for him throughout the campaign. “Romney continues to have a net-negative favorable/unfavorable score (38percent/44 percent) - which no other modern Republican presumptive presidential nominee has had,” NBC pointed out
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/poll-obama-keeps-national-lead.php
Kyle Leighton
Paul Ryan’s debut on the national stage seems to have been successful so far — he’s attracting big crowds on the trail and he’s been an able surrogate for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. But a new national poll shows his presence on the national Republican ticket hasn’t attracted much attention.
A survey commissioned by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal is the first of the major national polls to be taken after Ryan became Romney’s V.P. choice, and it shows President Obama with a 4 point lead over Romney nationally, 48 percent to 44 percent. A month ago NBC/WSJ showed Obama with 49 percent to Romney’s 43.
“Mitt Romney is starting to accumulate a number of negatives on the personal front and issues front,” said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, according to NBC’s FirstRead blog. “Mitt Romney has a lot of repair work to do with his image.”
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Romney’s personal rating has remained negative as more voters make a decision about him. In the current poll, his favorability rating is 38 percent against 44 percent unfavorable. A month ago, it was a 35 favorable/40 unfavorable spit, meaning that Romney’s image isn’t really gaining ground — something that’s been a problem for him throughout the campaign. “Romney continues to have a net-negative favorable/unfavorable score (38percent/44 percent) - which no other modern Republican presumptive presidential nominee has had,” NBC pointed out
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/poll-obama-keeps-national-lead.php
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/August_NBC-WSJ_Int_Sched.pdf
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