Posted on 07/29/2012 1:35:56 PM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama led his Republican rival John McCain by 49 percent to 44 in a Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll released on July 27, 2008.
Fast forward four years and the GOP's Mitt Romney is holding the exact same lead on the exact same day in the exact same poll, Business Insider points out.
Romneys five-point lead is the largest by either candidate in just over a month and the numbers closely mirror the 49 to 43 percent advantage Romney has on who voters trust more to handle the economy.
Just 31 percent of likely voters think Obama is doing a good or excellent job handling economic issues, with 48 percent saying hes doing a poor job on the economy. This comes as consumer confidence fell to a 2012 low this week and the government reported slowing GDP growth.
For June, Obamas job approval rating was at 47 percent, down two points from May and staying in the narrow range of 47 to 49 percent since the beginning of 2012, according to the Rasmussen poll. In January 2009, 62 percent of voters approved of Obamas job performance.
Rasmussen said that for Obama to win, he will need to improve his own job approval rating between now and Election Day. For that to happen, perceptions of the economy will have to reverse their current downward trend.
The Rasmussen poll also showed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains the most liked member of Obamas Cabinet, with 53 percent of likely voters having a favorable opinion of her.
Attorney General Eric Holder is the least-liked Cabinet member, with 47 percent of voters who have an unfavorable opinion of him.
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It’s looking better for Wisconsin too. Barry was +11 in May now only +3. I think it’s 4% undecideds and they normally break for the challenger. It will be sweet if we take that from the too.
I don’t care what the polls say, I just don’t believe there will be a massive number of 2008 BamBam voters that will jump ship. I hope I’m wrong.
And yet Obama is slaughtering Romney in the EV count.
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It’s always that way this stage of the campaign because NY and CA are two big EV states.
He is toast. His supposed support is like everything else about him. A Lie.
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Don’t be so sure. This ain’t your daddy’s America. 47% of the U.S. population is made up of non-taxpayers, Welfare Queens, Entitlement whores, ultra-Liberals, the Hollywood crowd and their idolaters, Gays, Illegals, Blacks.............
He isnt taking Florida, I doubt he will breeze through Ohio and he may well lose Virginia, just to name a few.
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Obama might carry Ohio again, but this time he will lose Florida, Virginia, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Missouri, New Hampshire and possibly Iowa.
a one-legged clothespin???? Man, did you ever just date yourself.
I just dont believe there will be a massive number of 2008 BamBam voters that will jump ship. I hope Im wrong.
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They won’t jump ship, but the turn-out will be much lower. They are disappointed and disillusioned with Obama; especially Blacks and Hispanics.
“Why wouldnt Obama poll 20 percent of Republicans? LBJ did even better than that.”
Really, that’s your rationale? The LBJ example? Perhaps you could keep up with all the polls, the ones that show Romney getting well over 90% of Republican support—and the remainder are sure not committing to Obama. Wake up...
You’re right but I don’t think all of them will show up to the polls. Some of them will be angry at Obama for not bringing about utopia in 4 years time. Some of them are too lazy to get off the couch and wait in line to vote. There is not the enthusiasm there was in 2008 for this guy.
Are we related? :)
I don't know what either one of you old fogies is talking about.
(wink)
Look for a LOT of buyers remorse.
The European collapse, military conflict in the ME and the financial collapse of the USA are pretty much inevitable on our present course.
Just a matter of time so keep your schedule open in October.
Are we related? :)
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Politically..........maybe.
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