Tag: Polls
Obama Ahead or Even In Battleground States
Here are the latest polls from the battleground states:
Colorado: Romney 47%, Obama 46% (Reuters/Ipsos)
Colorado: Obama 50%, Romney 46% (Public Policy Polling)
Florida: Obama 48%, Romney 46% (Reuters/Ipsos)
Iowa: Obama 49%, Romney 45% (Gravis)
New Hampshire: Obama 50%, Romney 44% (New England College)
Ohio: Obama 47%, Romney 45% (Reuters/Ipsos)
Virginia: Obama 49%, Romney 44% (Reuters/Ipsos)
GOP ‘Unskewed’ Poll Denier Dean Chambers, Who Is Obese, Attacks Nate Silver for Being ‘of Very Small Stature, a Thin and Effeminate Man’
The fact that Republicans are so desperate to discredit Nate Silver over his prediction that Mitt Romney has a less than a 25 percent chance of winning the presidency is a clear sign that desperation is setting in on the right.
But the oddest, and most childish, attack on Silver comes from polling conspiracy theorist Dean Chambers — he’s behind the “unskewed” poll website that reconfigures polling results so that Romney always comes out ahead. Based on the only photo of him that is widely available, Chambers appears to be at least 100 pounds over optimum for a man of normal height, and yet he issued a statement in which he insulted Silver’s appearance:
“Nate Silver is a man of very small stature, a thin and effeminate man with a soft-sounding voice that sounds almost exactly like the ‘Mr. New Castrati’ voice used by Rush Limbaugh on his program.”
Latest Battleground State Polls
Here are the latest polls from the battleground:
Colorado: Romney 50%, Obama 46% (Rasmussen)
Michigan: Obama 52%, Romney 43% (Angus Reid)
Ohio: Obama 48%, Romney 48% (Angus Reid)
Ohio: Obama 50%, Romney 45% (CBS News/Quinnipiac)
Pennsylvania: Obama 50%, Romney 45% (Morning Call/Muhlenberg)
Pennsylvania: Obama 48%, Romney 44% (Pulse Opinion Research)
Virginia: Obama 47%, Romney 46% (Pulse Opinion Research)
Wisconsin: Obama 51%, Romney 46% (Angus Reid)
Wisconsin: Obama 50%, Romney 47% (Pulse Opinion Research)
Obama Has 5 Point Lead in in First Post-Debate Poll
Pres. Obama lost a little ground to Mitt Romney after their first debate but still has a 5 percentage point lead. According to the Reuters/Ipsos survey released today, the president leads Mitt Romney 48 to 43 percent.
However, the poll shows a 2 percentage point drop in support for the president since the last survey was taken.
The most positive news for Romney was that for the first time since he began running for the presidency, 51 percent of voters said they viewed him favorably. This compares with 56 percent who said they had a favorable view of Pres. Obama.
Poll: Solid Majority Say Election Is a Choice, Not a Referendum on President
The internals in the poll cited here showed some weakness for Pres. Obama, but as long as this this top line remains so decidedly true, and Romney continues to be viewed unfavorably and as unlikable by a majority of voters, the president’s chances of winning in November remain strong:
A clear majority — 61 percent — of likely voters consider the presidential election to be more of a choice between President Obama and Mitt Romney than a referendum on the president’s first term in office, according to a new poll for The Hill.
Just over one-third — 34 percent — of voters said they considered the election to be a judgment on Obama’s job performance in the White House.
The results offer a measure of good news for Democrats, who have sought to frame the Nov. 6 election primarily as a choice between two candidates with different visions for the country.
