Posted on 10/06/2012 11:15:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Both national and swing-state polls are beginning to tighten in the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. It's a signal that an expected Romney bump is starting to take shape after his consensus win in the first presidential debate on Wednesday.
Polls that track both national and swing state voting have shown nothing but bad news for the president over the last couple of days.
Here's a sampling of the national polls:
Gallup: Romney is starting to close in on Obama, trailing by only 3 points in the seven-day rolling average. And that average only reflects two days of surveys post-debate, so the full effect won't be known until next Wednesday.
Rasmussen: Rasmussen has had wild swings and tends to be Republican-leaning this election, but Romney holds a 2-point advantage here.
Reuters/Ipsos: Here, the race has tightened from a 6-point Obama lead pre-debate to only a 2-point lead on Friday. But Saturday didn't provide any further bounce for Romney in the online survey.
And in swing states:
Florida: Two polls from Rasmussen and We Ask America found Romney in the lead here on Friday by 2 and 3 points, respectively. Both polling firms tend to lean Republican.
Virginia: The same two firms again, leaning Republican found Romney with 1- and 3-point leads, respectively....
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I love that graphic! It’s great!
Thank you so much for posting it.
There was a time when the small print...;o)
You’re absolutely right and in the debates, Obama has no room to run from his dismal record. It was encouraging to hear Mitt give specific examples of what he’d do in office and back up his assertions with citations. (”The CBO says...” vs. Obama’s “studies say...”) Gives him much more weight and credibility than Obama can hope to muster.
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