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(27,315 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:20 PM Oct 2012

IDB - Obama 47.9 - Romney 42.2

http://news.investors.com/special-report/508415-ibdtipp-poll.aspx

BD/TIPP 2012 Presidential Election
Daily Tracking Poll
Day 13: Oct. 21, 2012
Obama: +5.7
Obama 47.9% | Romney 42.2%
Obama has opened up a 6-point lead over Romney in our latest poll, his largest lead yet.
Some 8.1% of those polled said they were “not sure” whom they would vote for, also the largest percentage yet.
Obama’s lead seemed to build after the second debate, which many mainstream media pundits believe Obama won.
Self-described “moderates” now prefer Obama over Romney by 22 points, the second largest margin since we began polling.
Obama holds a hefty 35-point lead among urban dwellers, and a comfortable 5-point lead in the suburbs.


Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/special-report/508415-ibdtipp-poll.aspx#ixzz29xHQxIxG


That is a surprising boom (yesterday was Obama by +2.6). Not sure what happened.
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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
5. I Can Not Be A Hypocrite. I Always Say Any Poll Is Just A Data Point. That Being Said:
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:25 PM
Oct 2012

1) They nailed 08 to the decimal point
2) It should tilt the poll of polls average in our favor.
3) It will momentarily mute the trolls
4) Good news is good news
5) It shows Gallup out an island.

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)
3. I wish there was a common model or a standards organization for these polls...how can there's be so
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:22 PM
Oct 2012

...diferent than MSNBCs recent LV polls numbers

PCIntern

(25,589 posts)
6. REpulsive ROmney is what IS happening...
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:25 PM
Oct 2012

Other than the racial component, which is large but not huge, what would appeal to the masses about Romney? His personal appeal? His creepy entitled family? His dissing of the 47%? His lying/Romnesia (I for one prefer the former but it's not as funny as the latter)? His wealth beyond compare? His policies? His eternal family's lack of participation in the military?

He's AZ...Absolute Zero.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)
7. He Has 39% Of The White Vote
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:29 PM
Oct 2012

Even if Robme won every one of the white undecided voters which he won't he would still lose. The results would be really, really, close though.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
9. 8.1% of those polled said they were “not sure”....
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:31 PM
Oct 2012

Do these people agonize over which pant leg to put on first each morning??

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