Do not start the counting just yet.
Posted on 10/17/2012 5:27:43 PM PDT by Signalman
The latest Gallup seven-day tracking poll released Wednesday shows a jump in support for Mitt Romney, giving him a slightly wider lead over President Barack in the final weeks before Nov. 6.
According to the latest poll, Romney leads Obama among likely voters, 51 to 45 percent. This is Romney's biggest lead since Gallup began tracking likely voters earlier in Oct., as well as his largest lead in the survey. Romney also leads among registered voters, 48 to 46 percent.
The data in the survey is a rolling seven-day average through Oct. 16 and therefore does not reflect data from after Tuesday's town hall presidential debate.
"So it's mid-October and Romney is up 6 in Gallup," Ben Smith of Buzzfeed tweeted after the poll was released. "So the (common wisdom) should be that he is going to be president, yes?"
Greg Sargent of The Washington Post responded, tweeting back that polling averages — not one poll — should be the basis for common wisdom.
A closer look at other Gallup data released Tuesday shows that Obama's support since 2008 has dropped the most among voters in the South, 30- to 49-year-olds, those with four-year college degrees, postgraduates, men and Protestants. Obama has also slipped among whites, Easterners, women and Catholics, while his support is roughly the same among 18- to 29-year-olds, seniors, nonwhites and voters in the West and Midwest.
Before the debate, Gallup showed the candidates' favorability ratings among registered voters nearly tied, with Romney at 52 percent favorability and Obama at 51.
Gallup's historical standards suggest it would take a historic comeback for the president to win the election, with Romney's current six-point lead. Since Gallup started tracking in 1936, the only person to mount a comeback down six points on Oct. 17 was Ronald Reagan.
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I may be using that as my tagline soon (hope it’s not copywritten)
I agree, I just don’t trust Gallup
“Never underestimate a cornered Rat.”...
True words...Grasshoppa!
Bingo.. This can be a last ditch effort to jump start a big COME-BACK for the Bamster, after his debate win, (eyes roll).. I don't really care what the polls say, I'm going to the poll even if I have to crawl through hazardous waste.. :)
Gallup polls are suspect, especially since Holder threatened to sue them.
Do not start the counting just yet.
Keep praying like we’re down 6..We are facing pure evil.
They also threatened them, Axeinhand was in there offices the day after they showed Romney spiked up in the last poll.. A week later the Justice Dept sued them.. Chicago Hope?
We don’t really know the impact of the 2nd debate, especially since the media is pushing it as a win for Obama.
It’s certainly not too big a lead for Obama to overcome if he bombs Libya this weekend and then declares that he killed the murderers of Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, and our SEALs.
NOT copywritten....but just posted it to my Facebook!
Done!
I dont beleive anything coming out of Gallup,Obama and his minions have been badgering them as well as suing them,I smell a Comeback kid moment coming as Obama surge at the end to excite the base as a Payoff to let them off the hook
The October surprise is coming from Gallup as they are going to show in their Unemployment surveys that The Unemployment rate is Dropping like that Parachute Jump the other Day. After 43 Months of over 8% a Miracle has happened 3 weeks before election,take it to the Bank
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