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Related: About this forumCNN Poll: Obama Leads Romney by Nine
CNN Poll: Obama Leads Romney By Nine
A new national poll from CNN shows President Obama leading likely Republican nominee former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by nine points, 52 to 43. The President leads by a small two percent margin when pollsters asked registered voters which of the two candidates Can get the economy moving, and leads by 16 when voters were asked which is the more strong and decisive leader.
Obama leas among independent voters by five points, and is the beneficiary of a large gender gap, besting Romney among women by 16 points. From CNN:
The poll was conducted two days after Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen created a controversy by saying that Ann Romney never worked a day in her life.
That remark may have little long-term effect on women voters, says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. By a two-to-one margin, the women surveyed saw President Obama as more in touch with the problems facing American women today.
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CNNs numbers were released only a little more than an hour after Gallups first tracking poll of the race showed Romney with a two point lead nationally. The current TPM Poll Average of the contest shows a dead heat.
A new national poll from CNN shows President Obama leading likely Republican nominee former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by nine points, 52 to 43. The President leads by a small two percent margin when pollsters asked registered voters which of the two candidates Can get the economy moving, and leads by 16 when voters were asked which is the more strong and decisive leader.
Obama leas among independent voters by five points, and is the beneficiary of a large gender gap, besting Romney among women by 16 points. From CNN:
The poll was conducted two days after Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen created a controversy by saying that Ann Romney never worked a day in her life.
That remark may have little long-term effect on women voters, says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. By a two-to-one margin, the women surveyed saw President Obama as more in touch with the problems facing American women today.
more...
CNNs numbers were released only a little more than an hour after Gallups first tracking poll of the race showed Romney with a two point lead nationally. The current TPM Poll Average of the contest shows a dead heat.
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CNN Poll: Obama Leads Romney by Nine (Original Post)
flpoljunkie
Apr 2012
OP
As far as we all should be concerned we should campaign like we're 2 points behind
LynneSin
Apr 2012
#2
UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)1. Also telling:
Obama voters are voting overwhelmingly FOR him (as opposed to against Romney), while Romney voters are voting against Obama more than for Romney.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)3. Only 35% said Romney will win in November.
Two-thirds say they have made up their minds, with just 29% saying they could change their minds between now and November. As for handicapping the election, right now Americans don't think Romney has a good chance of winning the White House. Only 35% said Romney will be victorious in November.
"That is certainly not a prediction of what will happen, of course, but it is worth noting that in the last four presidential elections, the public was able to correctly pick the winner in polls taken in the spring or early summer," adds Holland.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/16/cnn-poll-gender-gap-and-likeability-keep-obama-over-romney/
"That is certainly not a prediction of what will happen, of course, but it is worth noting that in the last four presidential elections, the public was able to correctly pick the winner in polls taken in the spring or early summer," adds Holland.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/16/cnn-poll-gender-gap-and-likeability-keep-obama-over-romney/
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)2. As far as we all should be concerned we should campaign like we're 2 points behind
Else we'll get lazy and the guy could sneak up on us with a win.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)4. The Gallup's first tracking poll has Romney up by 2.
JOSH MARSHALL APRIL 16, 2012
Gallup first daily tracking poll of the presidential race has Mitt Romney up over President Obama by 2 points. That puts the TPM PollTracker Average at Romney 47.7% to Obama 44.1%.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/04/romney_up.php?ref=fpblg
Gallup first daily tracking poll of the presidential race has Mitt Romney up over President Obama by 2 points. That puts the TPM PollTracker Average at Romney 47.7% to Obama 44.1%.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/04/romney_up.php?ref=fpblg
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)5. Gallup has a GOP slant but that's the way we should campaign
Our country cannot survive with a Mitt Romney presidency
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)6. K&R