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Romney takes lead in Ohio : Rasmussen Romney 46%, Obama 44%
Rasmussen Reports ^

Posted on 05/31/2012 6:18:14 AM PDT by sunmars

Mitt Romney has inched ahead of President Obama in Ohio, taking the lead in the key battleground state after the president has led there for several months.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Ohio Voters shows Romney with 46% support to Obama’s 44%. Six percent (6%) like some other candidate, and five percent (5%) remain undecided.

(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; 2012swingstates; oh2012
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To: AlexW
The truth is... and even here on FR you can watch the attacks on me in this thread for saying so... but America is over. Eventually this system is going to crash. Not far off into someone else's future but within our lifetime. We cannot pay down the real debt that we owe... even if we had politicians willing to make hard and unpopular cuts... and the real debt is actually three times or more than the 15.1 Trillion that you see referenced. EU is going to crash soon... and so will wall street and the US Treasury. We have been lied to and scammed by BOTH parties for far too long and it is all beyond saving. We will all have to start over. THAT is where the hard part comes in.

LLS

21 posted on 05/31/2012 6:48:46 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: AlexW

Every time I go to Rasmussen I get so depressed.
Obumbo always seems to hold his own and not much change since he was elected, when it should be a linear drop into the toilet.
I guess we should never underestimate the total stupidity of the American public.

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Agree with your observation that Barry somehow holds his own when he should be at about 10%

Bright side is that Rasmussen is , compared to others, more accurate on what the real %’s are.

To me a win is a win even if it comes down to .5%.

Ridding the WH of Obozo and MoChelle will be a day for celebration.

Hopefully there will be some pickups in Congress to provide a real platform for a new president to straighten out the mess.


22 posted on 05/31/2012 6:55:03 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Buckeye McFrog

He said he would repeal it and the idea of repealing NAFTA is what upset voters. Ohio is extremely dependent on exports and NAFTA is too important to repeal. Ohio is an exporting powerhouse and cannot afford a trade war to protect what little is left of unionized manufacturing, Government Motors and the like.


23 posted on 05/31/2012 6:55:29 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: sunmars
Here is how you can know that Obama is done: he has already topped out in his voter support - virtually no one is likely going to decide to support him in addition to those who already do. The "undecided" vote will break (as it nearly always does) - for the challenger.

As a consequence, watch for the Democrat campaign to be unrelentingly negative and poisonously divisive, and for Obama to become increasingly shrill, desperate... and dangerous.

24 posted on 05/31/2012 6:56:50 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: AlexW
Every time I go to Rasmussen I get so depressed.
Obumbo always seems to hold his own and not much change since he was elected...”

I am not sure what polling charts you are looking at Rasmussen. Since Odumbo was elected..

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Seems to me like a massive change in fortunes for Odumbo in the polls since he was elected.

25 posted on 05/31/2012 7:01:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: LibLieSlayer

LibLieSlayer makes a good point. The system is unworkable in its current state. 16 Trillion in debt. There is no difference between what is happening in Greece and where America is headed without radical radical change. Unlike some on FR I think Romney is a good guy, loves America and wants to do the right thing. I know from his Bain years that he is a technocrat who likes the geeky details of turning things around. I can’t help but think that he himself must lay awake at night sometimes and think to himself “I am going to win this but then what? how can I possibly turn this ship?”


26 posted on 05/31/2012 7:42:12 AM PDT by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: AlexW

You shouldn’t.

The worst beating any democrat got in a POTUS election was George McGovern. McGovern got about 38% of the popular vote.

This means there is a baseline of 38% of voters who will ALWAYS vote democrat.

Jimmy Carter got 41% of the popular vote against Reagan and only won 49 electoral votes.

Getting 44% of the popular vote is DISMAL. Dukakis got 45.7% and only won 111 electoral votes. Dukakis is doing better than Obama.


27 posted on 05/31/2012 7:45:49 AM PDT by kidd
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To: AlexW

You shouldn’t.

The worst beating any democrat got in a POTUS election was George McGovern. McGovern got about 38% of the popular vote.

This means there is a baseline of 38% of voters who will ALWAYS vote democrat.

Jimmy Carter got 41% of the popular vote against Reagan and only won 49 electoral votes.

Getting 44% of the popular vote is DISMAL. Dukakis got 45.7% and only won 111 electoral votes. Dukakis is doing better than Obama.


28 posted on 05/31/2012 7:46:02 AM PDT by kidd
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To: AlexW

Depressed? These are outrageously...I use that word purposely and I’ll say it again...outrageously bad numbers for Obama at this point in the election. It is only down from here for him. He is at 44% in a state he has to have and in a state he got 51% in last time. And this is at a time when maybe 5% of the voters are even paying attention.

Most voters don’t even begin to pay attention until after Labor Day. Almost all voters have more important (to them) things to do than worry about a subject they hate anyway...politics.

That 44% is dropping toward true bottom for Obama, which in Ohio with its union workers and minority populations, is probably somewhere around 40%. Those undecideds out there will break for the challenger in 4 months time.

Obama looks to lose Ohio by a greater margin than he won it last time. No need to be depressed. Just don’t ever expect giant margins in politics, people vote self-interest...sometimes self-interest takes strange forms but it is self-interest anyway. If Obama loses by 15 points in Ohio - 58-42, which is possible with these numbers now - that is a massive, massive landslide. As one other poster posted before, he’s toast.


29 posted on 05/31/2012 8:09:13 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

The TREND is your FRIEND! And that is going Mitts direction. Today more BAD news for the Pretender in Chief.... lowering of the GDP figure and lower consumer confidence as well as an uptick in unemployment benefits. The stock market is jittering and Obama is shaking at the knees....


30 posted on 05/31/2012 8:15:13 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: sunmars
First sign of the tide turning in Ohio, Obama has been way ahead there for months.

Although there will doubtless be several twists and turns during the five months-plus until Election Day, the point you have made, above, remains important: viz., the big lead for President Obama, in the Buckeye State, was quite ephemeral...

31 posted on 05/31/2012 8:32:37 AM PDT by AmericanExceptionalist (Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
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To: azcap

“I am going to win this but then what? how can I possibly turn this ship?”

All I know is, it’s always a good idea to switch from bad policies to good policies, even late in the game.


32 posted on 05/31/2012 9:05:07 AM PDT by Califelephant
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To: ConservativeDude; All

Republican Nominee West would nullify Obama’s Race Card, be cleaner than a hound’s tooth, be a true Conservative, be smarter than any known economist, AND be the FAVORITE SON of the key State of Florida!

GO WEST, Republican Party! GO WEST!


33 posted on 05/31/2012 9:10:01 AM PDT by Graewoulf ((Dictator Baby-Doc Barack's obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND U.S. Constitution.))
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To: AlexW

“Every time I go to Rasmussen I get so depressed.
Obumbo always seems to hold his own and not much change since he was elected, when it should be a linear drop into the toilet.
I guess we should never underestimate the total stupidity of the American public.”

I explained why there is “no drop”, in this post from another thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2889089/posts?page=61#61


34 posted on 05/31/2012 9:11:28 AM PDT by Road Glide
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To: AlexW

“Every time I go to Rasmussen I get so depressed.”

Don’t be. Take to heart what Dick Morris and Rudy Giuliani have both said — there are 10 states with heavy majority populations of pro-Obama voters (CAL, NY, ILL, etc.) which skew these polls. It takes poll respondents from the other 40 states of majority-Romney to just make this look like an even race. Electorally speaking, Obama is way behind, and this could be a Dukakis scenario.


35 posted on 05/31/2012 10:26:57 AM PDT by Nabber
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To: sunmars

46% (Romney) + 44% (Obama) + 6% (Some other candidate) 5% (Undecided)..... Do I not know how to add or does that equal 101 percent?


36 posted on 05/31/2012 10:36:45 AM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
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To: cll

It makes too much political sense for Portman not to be selected...
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Hmmmm....... Is that what you really meant to say? Please re-read that statement.


37 posted on 05/31/2012 10:39:55 AM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
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To: ConservativeDude

Love your Post #10. LOL


38 posted on 05/31/2012 10:41:42 AM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
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To: Buckeye McFrog

....voters loathe being treated like fools and idiots.
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And, that’s not just in Ohio. But, honestly, how many Buckeyes have forgotten about his NAFTA promise by now and/or how many do remember how he lied about it, but, they just don’t care anymore?

I hope that the good people of Ohio have long memories and short tempers.


39 posted on 05/31/2012 10:49:18 AM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
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To: azcap
To survive as a Republic, Americans are going to have to give up a huge chunk of their Social Security and Medicare and other freebie communist promises. Sorry... Socialist Security is not self sustaining... your government steals every cent of it and redistributes it... not only to malcontents in the USA but also around the world. There is no Social Security money left in the Treasury... it is ALL gone.

LLS

40 posted on 05/31/2012 10:51:28 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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