Poll: Obama pulls ahead of Romney by 9 points

Washington : DC : USA | Aug 10, 2012 at 7:37 AM PDT

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New polling data shows President Obama with a widening lead against Mitt Romney in the 2012 race for the White House.

As Election Day moves closer, it seems that Mitt Romney’s worst enemy is Mitt Romney. The GOP presumptive nominee has growing unfavorable ratings, now reaching 46 percent.

According to the Fox News poll, Obama takes 49 percent to Romney's 40 nationally…two others released this week, from CNN-ORC and Reuters-Ipsos, gave Obama a 7-point lead over Romney. Both the Fox and CNN polls point to a jump in support for Obama among independents. According to the Fox News poll, Obama's support among that voting bloc went from a 4-point lead in its last survey to 11 percentage points in this one,” according to The Hill.

Romney’s secrecy about his money and tax returns is a subject that may be weighing on voters’ minds. It’s difficult for voters to support a candidate they don’t know if they can trust.

“For all Mitt Romney’s touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments,” according to a Vanity Fair report cited on Allvoices.

So far, the Republican election year strategy has been to get voters to believe that anyone is a better choice for the presidency than Obama. But the polls show that voters are not buying it.

Romney has also been vague about more than his personal finances. He has failed to take a stand on many of the issues that are high priorities for voters and his economic plan lacks details.

What the electorate does agree on with pluraity is that Mitt Romney will work harder to protect the rich than he will for everyone else.

The CEO of Business Insider said, "I had high hopes that Presidential candidate Mitt Romney might have a compelling plan to fix the U.S. economy." And, "Romney's plan, in fact, suggests that Romney does not actually understand what's wrong with the economy. The solution he is proposing--giving rich people and companies more cash to spend and invest--will not solve the problem the economy faces right now. So Romney's policies, if fully implemented, aren't likely to help anything. In fact, arguably, they will make things worse."

Opponents of trickle-down economics agree. After 12 years of the Bush tax cuts favoring tax breaks for the rich, America is in worse shape than it has been in decades.

Since the Bush tax cuts, the deficit has exploded, jobs have been lost, and outsourcing has become an epidemic.

Perception is everything in a political campaign, and voters simply do not see Romney as a viable option to Barack Obama, no matter what the GOP wants people to believe.

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Poll: Obama pulls ahead of Romney by 9 points

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Adrian Holman | 10 months ago

As the mediocre masses within the USA begin to focus on the Presidential candidates for 2012, they begin to realize how much of a doofus former Gov. Romney really is. Mormonism bites every day and twice on Sundays.

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Karl Gotthardt | 10 months ago

Just to put a little credence behind polls, in Alberta during the last election, the Wildrose Party had a significant lead that would have had them win the Provincial election, if not gain a majority over the governing Progressive Conservatives, who have been in power in Alberta for 41 years. Such were the poll results in all polls across Canada. The PCs won the election with 67 of 82 seats, while the Wildrose Party won 17 seats. So much for polls.

This is the summer period, where the only ones really paying attention to polls are those that are politicos or addicted to politics. Once Labor Day rolls around we shall see where the polls are. I think the best of smear is yet to come. Should be interesting for those of us that write about politics lol. Too bad so much is at stake.

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Redhanded | 10 months ago

This poll had more Democratic respondents. The margin for this poll is actually 4-5% difference due to weight of poll being skewed with more Democrats.

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Karl Gotthardt | 10 months ago

Here is the Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll of today:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 43%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. See tracking history.

Republicans continue to show a much higher level of interest in the presidential campaign than Democrats or unaffiliated voters do. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll/

So I guess the question is, who is right? Rasmussen has a pretty good track record.

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