Obama at 49 pct, Romney 46 pct nine days before election: Reuters Poll

[trailmonkee]

Source: Rueters/FP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has extended his narrow lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney among likely voters in a race that remains statistically tied nine days before the election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Sunday.

Obama has a 49 percent to 46 percent edge over Romney, marking a 1 point increase from Saturday but still within the daily online survey’s 4 percentage-point credibility interval for likely voters.

Swings could be possible in the remaining days of the campaign, however. Fifteen percent of registered voters say they could still change their minds and vote for a different candidate.

The precision of Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 4.0 percentage points for likely voters.

Read more: http://www.firstpost.com/world/obama-at-49-pct-romney-46-pct-nine-days-before-election-reuters-poll-506135.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. And there's still this:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. And that map is a joke

New Mexico is not just "leaning" Obama, for example.

[deadbrokediva]

2. This last week is going to be challenging

for Obama. Not only has he had to cancel his upcoming events, but god forbid the talking heads are right about this storm and we experience another Katrina just days before the election, what then? Is the election postponed because polling places as well as people's lives are destroyed? If it is bad, Obama is under a ton of pressure to go above and beyond in his response, which I am sure he would do, and it could greatly convert a Repub to a Dem if he was able to save their lives and homes.

[secondwind]

3. good post.

[azurnoir]

5. +1 n/t

[tavernier]

4. I'm not a bit worried about those "undecided" voters

because the scenario is quite clear to me now:

"Hm, I think I'll vote today. Or maybe tomorrow. I'll definitely take the big car. Or should I take the little one? Shoes... shoes... which shoes to wear? Blue? No. The red ones."

And so it will go until they realize that they have missed the whole thing. People who are as yet undecided don't really care that much, so in the end they will pull into the mall instead of the polls.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Funniest thing I've heard all day !

[Dalai_1]

6. Thank you for posting this!

[David Zephyr]

8. K&R. Thank you, trailmonkee for posting a real poll here. This coincides with other serious polls.

Reuters provides yet another reliable poll that is not phony like Gallup, Rasmussen or Gravis

[fasttense]

9. Nate Silver has Obama's chances of winning at 80.1%

Obama's chance of winning is 80.1% in his Now-cast and 74.6% in the Nov 6 forecast.

In Trade has Obama winning at 62.6% and Romney at 37.7%.

Statistically tied? Really?

[forest4qt]

11. Americans brainwashed by MSM propaganda

How this election is so close is due to the propaganda put out by the MSM. Americans are force fed a constant stream of disinformation
and then called stupid or unaware by the the same MSM. Guess what? Americans are not that stupid or vacuous!...at least I hope they aren't.

[Amonester]

12. Yep. I just saw Corporate No News footnote display CO poll in *favor* of robmey.

48-47.

They just can't let their hor$e race go away anytime soon.

[rayofreason]

13. Hmmm...This poll..

..does not seem to be included in the RCP lineup of polls. Why not?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html