Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation Poll:

[ProSense]

Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation Poll: Despite GOP surge, Gingrich loses ground against Obama

We wanted to see if Newt Gingrich's skyrocketing fortunes in the Republican primary were translating into greater success against Barack Obama in the general election, so we asked PPP to include the question below on our weekly national poll.

Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU. 12/1-4. Registered voters. MoE ±3.1% (11/10-13 results):

Q: If the candidates for President next year were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Newt Gingrich, who would you vote for?

Barack Obama: 50 (49)
Newt Gingrich: 42 (43)
Undecided: 8 (8)

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Meanwhile, in our weekly approval numbers (minus a week off for Thanksgiving), Obama's numbers took a hearty jump upwards:



Full crosstabs, as always, are at the link.

[WI_DEM]

1. the democratic party is much more approved than the GOP

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. K & R

:dem:

[reggie the dog]

3. 42% will vote for a man who wants to make poor kids clean their schools

the usa is fucked up, really, hardly anyone in france would vote for such an asshole