Enough with this shit. We're just gonna have to split the farm into two parcels and run a DMZ along the border.
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
Posted on 04/16/2012 5:35:50 PM PDT by Steelfish
CNN Poll: Gender Gap And Likeability Keep Obama Over Romney
CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser
(CNN) - President Barack Obama holds a nine-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney thanks in part to the perception that the president is more likeable and more in touch with the problems facing women and middle class Americans, according to a new national poll.
A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates a large gender gap that benefits Obama, but the public is divided on which candidate can best jump-start the economy.
Full poll (pdf)
According to the poll, 52% of registered voters say if the presidential election were held today, they would vote for the president, with 43% saying they would cast a ballot for Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is making his second bid for the White House. The poll was conducted Friday through Sunday, a few days after former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania suspended his bid for the GOP nomination. Even though former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas continue their long-shot bids for the nomination, Romney is now generally considered the presumptive nominee.
The survey indicates women voters back Obama over Romney by 16 points (55%-39%), virtually unchanged from an 18-point advantage among women for the president in CNN polling last month.
The poll was conducted two days after Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen created a controversy by saying that Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life."
"That remark may have little long-term effect on women voters," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "By a two-to-one margin, the women surveyed saw President Obama as more in touch with the problems facing American women today."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
“female vote”
Females don’t sing “Sweet Mystery of Life” around 0bama. Ever.
“Word.”
;>
All CNN polls are bogus..I refuse to vote in them...
CNN rating are in the basement...as well...
Questions 3 and 4 give it away. The actual breakdown is Obama 48, Obama clone 47, Neither 5.
>>This is for the “who will win the election” question. I’m a little shocked that he got 21% of the conservative vote. <<
He didn’t get 21% of the conservative “vote.” Instead, 21% of the conservatives polled think Obama will win. That doesn’t mean in any way that they would vote for him.
And this poll has no breakdown of Rep/Dem/Ind that I could find, so it’s almost certainly loaded to the Dem side. Maybe someone else can find it. Absent that information, it’s no better than an online poll; worse, in fact, because CNN is representing it as a valid poll.
Christie, why are you still bashing Santorum. It is over. You sound like a woman scorned. What is your issue. You got your wish. Santorum is out. Now you can vote without conscience for Romney.....I won’t ever vote for Romney in a million years. I hope I am the deciding vote on whether Romney is President or not.....that would give me the biggest pleasure ever. Down with ROMNEY!!!!!
I say we get back to that ASAP.
This from the same news agency that gives the “Occupy” movement credibility.
But Romney’s got what voters crave... He’s got electability
The internals show this poll is a joke, an absolute joke.
How many primaries left before the GOP convention?
keep on telling everyone how romney is going to lose media!
This should help Newt
Forget the catastrophic deficit. Ignore foreign policy disasters, a lost Middle East, and a nuclear Iran. Don’t worry tyranny and dictatorship. Vote “likeability” — it’s what matters.
Registered voters
I don't believe any poll that shows Obamer leading.
Yup,that'll do it.The press is *sure* to warm up to Newt."Gingrich gives me a thrill up *both* legs" (Chris Matthews)
Heck, I don’t like RINOmny - and I wonder about his gender...
People are insane.
Enough with this shit. We're just gonna have to split the farm into two parcels and run a DMZ along the border.
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
How many primaries left before the GOP convention?
keep on telling everyone how romney is going to lose media!
This should help Newt
There is something terminally awkward about Romney.
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