Yep, both....
Posted on 10/20/2012 2:32:14 PM PDT by personalaccts
Election 2012: Wisconsin President Wisconsin: Obama 50%, Romney 48% in Politics.Related Articles Daily Presidential Tracking Poll 2012 Electoral College Scoreboard Swing State Tracking: Romney 50%, Obama 46% Florida: Romney 51%, Obama 46% Missouri: Romney 54%, Obama 43% Virginia: Romney 50%, Obama 47% As Romney Gains, Senate Remains Challenging for GOP By Scott Rasmussen
Friday, October 19, 2012
Wisconsin remains a two-point race following Tuesday night’s presidential debate.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Wisconsin Voters finds President Obama with 50% support, while Mitt Romney earns 48% of the vote. One percent (1%) likes another candidate in the race. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
This race remains a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections. Obama defeated Republican John McCain 56% to 42% in Wisconsin in 2008.
The president posted a similar 51% to 49% lead in the state earlier this month. In surveys in Wisconsin since October of last year, the president has earned 44% to 52% of the vote, while Romney’s support has ranged from 41% to 49%.
Ninety-seven percent (97%) of likely Wisconsin voters say they are certain to vote, and the president leads 50% to 48% among this group.
Wisconsin allows early voting, and among those who have already voted, it’s Romney 54%, Obama 43%. Of those who have yet to vote, 90% say they’ve already decided whom they will support. Obama leads 50% to 49% among these voters.
Both candidates draw more than 90% support from voters in their respective parties in Wisconsin. The president leads by 11 points among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.
Among all voters in the state, Romney has a 50% to 45% advantage when it comes to whom voters trust more to deal with the economy. Voters are almost evenly divided over whom they trust more to handle national security matters: 47% say Obama, 46% Romney. Among voters nationally, Romney is trusted more by seven points on the economy, while the two candidates run nearly even when it comes to national security.
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Thirteen percent (13%) of Wisconsin voters give the U.S. economy good marks, while 44% rate it as poor. Forty-two percent (42%) say the economy is getting better, but 36% think it’s getting worse.
In reacting to the nation’s current economic problems, 39% worry that the federal government will do too much, but slightly more (43%) fear the government will not do enough. Nationally, voters are more evenly divided. Sixty-nine percent (69%) think the government should cut spending to help the economy, while just 16% feel more spending is called for. That’s in line with voter attitudes nationwide.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of Wisconsin voters correctly understand that the United States spends more on the military and national security than any other nation in the world. Eleven percent (11%) don’t think that’s true, but 33% aren’t sure.
Thirty-five percent (35%) say the government spends too much on the military and national security, while 22% think there isn’t enough defense spending. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say the level of spending in this area is about right. This is a more negative assessment of military and national security spending than is found nationally.
Fifty-one percent of voters in Wisconsin approve of the job the president is doing, while 49% disapprove. This includes 35% who Strongly Approve and 42% who Strongly Disapprove, giving the president a slightly better job approval rating than he earns nationally.
Romney is viewed favorably by 49% and unfavorably by 50%. This includes 34% who have a Very Favorable opinion of him and 34% with a Very Unfavorable one.
In addition to Wisconsin, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia are Toss-Ups. Obama is ahead in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington. Romney leads in Arizona, Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota.
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Agree.....if i recall Mark Belling said the day before the election Walker was approx. +2 give or take.
Rasmussen is good but conservative. When the R’s are up, it is generally a definite win. When the R’s are down a few, it could go either way. When the R’s are down quite a few, its time for another poll:-).
There is no way this makes any sense as many have pointed out.
Fewer than one in ten (9 out of 100) will even talk to these pollsters.
If anyone can make a rational argument showing that these non-respondents are more liberal than conservative I would like to hear it. I am pretty sure that they are more likely to be conservatives who hate the media and pollsters.
This means the polls are automatically reflective of the Left more than the Right.
LOLOLOL!
Class vs crass...and the Mooch loses.
The substance of your post is fine, but to be clear, the Olympian said she had eaten a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin...not even a hamburger. She had eaten a breakfast EMc and for THAT, Michelle Obama criticized her and tried to intimidate her.
You are correct, and thanks for your input. I knew it was a McDonald’s something...my taste for one blinded my memory bank as I typed in the information!
Can you believe it?...an Egg McMuffin for her celebratory victory breakfast - oh the HORROR! To criticize that is even worse than if Michelle had complained about a hamburger. And it was NONE of Mrs. Busybody’s business, period.
A lot of liberal states (WI, NJ, MA, MI, hell even CA) have histories of electing GOP governors, to fix their own in-state mess, but then turning around and voting to inflict a leftist Prez on the rest of the country....’Cuz they feel it wont affect them locally.
After Madison garnering a 119 percent voter turnout for the Walker recall election, I believe it really comes down to stopping the fraud in Wisconsin. The liberal Dane county judge put a hold on Voter ID until AFTER this election and we all know why that stipulation was put on it. Bottom line, if fraud can be kept to a minimum, Romney may take it; otherwise, Obama wins.
The polls on the Walker recall election had them neck and neck and Walker went on to win by something like 8 percent. I don’t have the numbers exactly but the win was beyond the level where fraud on the part of Madison, Milwaukee and Racine could offset the win.
Yep, both....
That was my recollection as well, that the polls had it neck and neck, and then Walker won big. I would expect that if the polls are saying something similar for Romney, it means he will really do very well.
My feeling as well - hard to believe that a state that turned out LARGE for Walker has suddenly softened on the libs. I drove through Wisconsin shortly before the recall election and can tell you that never have I seen an electorate that was so involved. It seemed like one out of every two cars, lawns, etc., had signs and bumper stickers! I simply cannot believe that those same voters have either lost interest or decided that the extremely pro-union Obama is their candidate of choice. I believe the polls are as wrong this time around as they were at the time of the recall election. On the other hand, the libs are more prepared this time for the avalanche of Conservative voter turn-out and will up the ante in terms of fraud (expect a lot of busses to arrive from Chicago and to make two or three stops to vote) - there is too much at stake for them to come in unprepared this time around.
There were many Democrats who voted for Walker *only* because they did not like the way the recall process was being abused. These same Democrats will not be voting for Romney.
You say, “There were many Democrats who voted for Walker *only* because they did not like the way the recall process was being abused. These same Democrats will not be voting for Romney.”
This is a favorite Dem talking point and I don’t believe it for one minute. This is simply the MSM way of trying to convince voters that the tide isn’t turning against “the one” in the “must win” state of Wisconsin. You don’t turn out and vote for a candidate as “polarizing” as the libs claim Walker was simply because you feel that the “process is being abused.” People have dug their feet in and are taking sides - no one is voting against their own interest because they feel the “process” is being abused - there is too much at stake. . .
I’m no stranger to WI, FRiend. Romney will not get as many votes as Walker did. Sorry.
Yes they are. And you can find dreadful pics of romney just as you can with anyone. In fact, between the two, Michelle is gorgeous. Ann is pretty. But then she is married to Mitt so she loses just in taste in men.
When you are working to get out the vote, it does Not matter. The whole point is to get people to vote. It is none of our business for whom they are voting. Nor do we care.
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