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Daily Presidential (Rasmussen) Obama 47%, Romney 44%
RasmussenReports ^ | 5/21/12 | Scot Rasmussen

Posted on 05/21/2012 6:41:29 AM PDT by NE Cons

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows President Obama earning 47% of the vote and Mitt Romney attracting 44% support. Five percent (5%) would vote for a third party candidate, while another five percent (5%) are undecided.

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KEYWORDS: 2012polls
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To: NE Cons

Barry’s eloquence is swaying the mob. He just stepped up the promises of aid.


21 posted on 05/21/2012 7:00:37 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: NE Cons

In a close race, with all our die-hard, “true conservative” Freepers voting for Virgil Goode to send the GOP a message, we might as well get used to the idea of 4 more years of Obama and the death of the Republic. But hey, all you Freepers who won’t vote for Romney because he’s exactly the same as Obama or worse, you can feel good about yourself for sticking to your principles.


22 posted on 05/21/2012 7:03:54 AM PDT by RayBob (If guns kill people, can I blame misspelled words on my keyboard?)
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To: NE Cons

Sounds like the masses are OK with Bathhouse Barry’s stance on homo “marriage.”


23 posted on 05/21/2012 7:05:07 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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To: NE Cons

Actually, if election was held today Romey would win probably 52 to 47 (1% going to other candidates).. The undecides will not go to Obmama as they already know him...


24 posted on 05/21/2012 7:05:42 AM PDT by scbison
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To: 9YearLurker

Unfortunately, that may just be it


25 posted on 05/21/2012 7:05:55 AM PDT by NE Cons (Was a Hard-Core Perry supporter. Now Hard-Core ABO)
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To: RayBob

Totally agree


26 posted on 05/21/2012 7:06:55 AM PDT by NE Cons (Was a Hard-Core Perry supporter. Now Hard-Core ABO)
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To: NE Cons

Until after the conventions, polls mean jack squat.


27 posted on 05/21/2012 7:07:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RayBob
In a close race, with all our die-hard, “true conservative” Freepers voting for Virgil Goode to send the GOP a message, we might as well get used to the idea of 4 more years of Obama and the death of the Republic.

Why do you imply this will be a close race? Have you had a look at the RCP electoral map lately? Obama will have a rock-solid guarantee of 260+ EVs before the first vote is tabulated on election day.

Romney is being nominated to placate the mushy middle in order to hold the House and maybe get close to a tie in the Senate.

28 posted on 05/21/2012 7:10:45 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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To: Lazamataz
I cannot take Rasmussen seriously until he debugs the problem with his polling. These swings are too large.

The swings are entirely reasonable given the questions he is trying to answer. He polls daily with essentially the same question so that we can track support for Obama throughout his term in our White House, support for Romney from the time he became the presumptive nominee until the election, etc. Given daily polling costs, Scott Rasmussen has to keep the sample size at a level that has these fluctuations. [Note: I have never worked directly for Rasmussen, but I hold him in high regard as an honest professional - he doesn't mess with his methodology to change what he's measuring and get the "desired" result. His poll numbers speak for themselves, and the changes in those numbers tell an honest story.]

29 posted on 05/21/2012 7:11:04 AM PDT by Pollster1 (“A boy becomes a man when a man is needed.” - John Steinbeck)
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To: NE Cons
Most Americans don't look past a soundbite. Are too lazy to look past the news headlines... and if the media, and Holywood say it's so, it so... to them

Exactly. They're told to believe, feel and think in a certain way and they comply. Critical thought burns too many brain cells.

30 posted on 05/21/2012 7:12:19 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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To: StAnDeliver

The markets were down big-time the past few weeks, but note how the media downplayed it. Pathetic.


31 posted on 05/21/2012 7:12:59 AM PDT by NE Cons (Was a Hard-Core Perry supporter. Now Hard-Core ABO)
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To: Pollster1

I believe he is honest, but I believe his methods are flawed. Swings like these are not reasonable. People aren’t flipflopping like this.


32 posted on 05/21/2012 7:13:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The so-called 'mainstream' media has gone from "biased" straight to "utterly surreal".)
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To: NE Cons

My son tells me that young people can’t stand Romney, that he’s too stiff and, well, Mormon. It’s not that they object to Mormonism on a religious basis, but that they find it annoying and creepy. He says that young people never cared about Obama’s religion because they didn’t think that he was a real believer, or that his church was a real church even, more of a political group.

He thinks that young people will fall back to voting for Obama over Romney, or just not vote at all.


33 posted on 05/21/2012 7:15:07 AM PDT by Eva
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To: NE Cons

Why is anyone arguing over this anyway?

Today it will say A, and people will use it as a sounding board for whatever their agenda is. TOMORROW it will say something else and a new group will come out of the woods to heap their spin.


34 posted on 05/21/2012 7:16:45 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (If case you are wondering, I'm STILL supporting Newt.)
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To: ScottinVA
"Have you had a look at the RCP electoral map lately?"

There is a map that looks a lot like what you said: Obama at "260+ EV" -- 266 to be exact -- and Mittens with 272 and the win.

35 posted on 05/21/2012 7:21:32 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (=)
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To: NE Cons
The only significant point of this is an incumbent at less than 50% going in. These polls are always skewed toward democrats. Obama is in deep trouble and the press knows it. He just lost North Carolina by coming out for gay marriage. He did not want to do that but he was forced to for two reasons 1) The idiot he chose for VP 2)His base is not turning out. Despite all the predictions about his “Billion dollar campaign it has materialized.
36 posted on 05/21/2012 7:21:56 AM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap

Has materialized=Has not materialized...sorry


37 posted on 05/21/2012 7:23:43 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Lazamataz; Impy
No way do I believe Barry swung +11% in 1 week. Based on what? Support for gay "marriage"? Last time I checked, gas is still sky high and groceries prices are too. I also see businesses closing which equates to folks being out of work. I call bullsh*t on this poll.

Rasmussen lost me when he wouldn't pick a winner in the Brown vs. Coakley race, when most every other pollster had Brown winning.

PPP (although they tilt left) is more accurate and consistent in their polling methodology, IMHO. Also, a cumulative analysis of polling results is required, some folks look at just what this one flawed prognosticator publishes and take it as truth. It isn't.

38 posted on 05/21/2012 7:27:38 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (We may die, but DISCO LIVES FOREVER!!!)
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To: sickoflibs

Re: Romney is a one trick pony

He is just another spineless republican who will not fight. God help us.


39 posted on 05/21/2012 7:27:41 AM PDT by jesseam
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To: ontap
These polls are always skewed toward democrats.

You're right. Most are. But Ras isn't one of them. His sampling has the GOP 2 points higher than the Dems. No other pollster has the GOP even or head in likely voter #s.

40 posted on 05/21/2012 7:29:26 AM PDT by NE Cons (Was a Hard-Core Perry supporter. Now Hard-Core ABO)
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