Daily Poll Update: Romney Moves Up

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Daily Poll Update: Romney Moves Up

Mollie Hemingway, Ed. · October 8, 2012 at 5:58pm

Mitt Romney is in a considerably stronger position in the polls than he was last week at this time. Here's the latest:

Politico/GWU/Battleground   Obama 49, Romney 48   Obama +1
Gallup Tracking   Obama 47, Romney 47   Tie
Rasmussen Tracking   Obama 48, Romney 48   Tie
Colorado: Rasmussen Reports   Obama 49, Romney 48   Obama +1
Virginia: PPP (D)   Obama 50, Romney 47   Obama +3
Iowa: Rasmussen Reports   Obama 49, Romney 47   Obama +2
Wisconsin Senate: PPP (D)   Baldwin 49, Thompson 46   Baldwin +3
Florida Senate: WeAskAmerica   Nelson 44, Mack 44   Tie
Virginia Senate: PPP (D)   Kaine 51, Allen 44   Kaine +7
Ohio Senate: WeAskAmerica   Brown 46, Mandel 44   Brown +2

Even just yesterday that Gallup Tracking poll had Romney behind by three points.

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Re: Daily Poll Update: Romney Moves Up

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wmartin: I'm going to get jumped on for saying this, but the jobs report ended Romney's bounce. My heart sank when I went to the RCP averages for Obama's job approval just now- he is over 50% for all weekend polling, including Rasmussen and Gallup. Incumbents don't lose when they are at that level. Gallup shows Obama going back up over Romney by five points today, which is a combination of strong Obama days from before the debate, a swoon for a few days after the debates, and Obama jumping ahead again in weekend polling. ·

wmartin, I can't guess your motivations, but you sure act like a concern troll. You get really, really quiet when things get upbeat and really, really vocal when you think you see something going wrong. It's fairly tiresome. I'm not even going to engage you on the facts; there's no point, and whether you really want Romney to win or not, you certainly have the ability to find the worst possible explanation for any scenario you see.

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October 8, 2012 at 9:22pm ·
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Jager

Byron Horatio: I find this notion of polled voters not wanting to "appear racist" over the phone to be the most ludicrous fantasy for Republicans

I think this may be right. Psychology studies say that you are more likely to honest with an unknown person over the phone, than with someone you are physically face to face with.

Either over the phone or in person, I still fear there may be beaucoup Obama supporters ashamed to 'fess up!

(As an aside, pls look below at the picture on Adam Freeman's post.) Would Romney please stop allowing BHO to use that passive-aggressive "grip on the arm?" (Hillary hated it and for once, I don't blame her.)

Obama shouldn't be allowed to get away with it and it wouldn't hurt in the polls if Romney reciprocated with a similar "stunt."

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The one bright spot in Mollie's post:

Florida Senate: WeAskAmerica Nelson 44, Mack 44 Tie

Sen. Nelson has election machinery in Florida that is so ingrained that it makes penicillin mold blush. That Connie Mack IV (who ain't near as good as his dad, or grand-dad, or great-grand-dad) has tied Nelson speaks volumes about where FL really is in politics.

BTW, if Mack wins, 2 things will happen:

1) Nelson will sue because Mack didn't use his real name in the filing papers...McGillacuddy.

2) He'll be a lousy senator. His character is almost as bad as Nelson's and Nelson is a lousy senator.