Posted on 11/02/2012 11:47:47 AM PDT by ScottinVA
With four days to go, President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied in the critical battleground state of Ohio.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Ohio Voters finds Obama and Romney each with 49% support. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, while one percent (1%) is undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Ohio remains one of eight Toss-Up states in the Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections. Obama won the Buckeye State in 2008 by a 52% to 47% margin.
At the beginning of the week, Romney held a slight 50% to 48% advantage. It was the first time Romney has taken even a modest lead in the race of Ohio's 18 Electoral College votes since late May, but the two candidates have been within two percentage points of one another since then.
Forty percent (40%) of Ohio voters say they have already cast their ballots, and among these voters, the president has a comfortable 56% to 41% lead.
Both candidates earn better than 90% support from voters in their respective parties. The president is ahead 50% to 41% among voters not affiliated with either major political party.
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Yes so obviously 40% havent voted closer to 26%. So ras is really sayin that obama is ahead 56 to 41 with the 26% that have voted. And romney is ahead with the other 74%.
Per ballots and early voting, I can show u later how obama is also not ahead 56 to 41 at this time. Data doesnt support that.
5,295,286 votes were cast in Ohio in the 2008 Elections. Obama won by approximately 260,000 votes.
Have a source for that big Obama lead in early voting yet? i can't find one.
Did you see those economy numbers? Romney up +6 on economy, +5 on jobs. Nearly tied everywhere else.
I see no internal breakdown of Party affliation.
Wasn’t John Kerry suppose to win Ohio???
I get amazed at people panicking over a poll that’s heavily biased towards Democrats and which purports to show that OH is lost!
Get a grip, people! A lot of votes have still not been cast. This is a turnout election. If you want to make a self-fulfilling prophecy, wring your hands and stay home!
This poll shows nothing of the kind people read into it. And O is not at 50% in OH and around the country! Bottom line, that’s the only figure that really matters.
All the rest is a sideshow.
too bad they wont become knowledgeable about how elections, campaigns, and polling really work.
That's what CatOwner does, from way back in 2008 on.
Obama wins Indys by 8? Bullshit. Even Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA and PPP have Romney winning Ohio Independents. Rasmussen’s fudging the OH Independent vote because a close race brings in more money than a blowout. Expect Rasmussen’s last poll to show a sudden surge for Romney in Ohio.
The GOP is going to win Ohio.
lame attempt at comedy I must say.
Quinnipiac, Gravis, PPP, and SurveyUSA have Romney leading OH independents.
A single poll and you guys are ready to quit.
Ohio will go GOP like the rest of the nation.
And Wed. we can come back to this thread and show it was nonsense, Independents are not going for Obama.
Rasmussen had Indies leaning towards Obama in the last poll too. So not a big change.
Rasmussen and Time Mag poll are the only two Ohio polls (out of 20) showing Obama up with Indies.
Not sure if it’s Rasmussen’s likely voter screen. Hard to tell.
Bottomline. It’s a close race. I am relying on what I heard from Bill Cunningham on Hannity’s show yesterday. He guaranteed a Romney win in Ohio. He predicted the opposite in 2008.
40 percent haven’t voted. That puts all of Rasmussen’s Ohio numbers into unreliability.
Obama has been getting millions on TV and the front page of newspapers and web sites the past week. Romney has been getting spit. Which one you think will have the most effect? Those taking a quick peak at the election, or rabid fans showing to see a candidate speak?
A tidal wave is going to hit Ohio, like it is the rest of the nation.
I am glad you guys weren’t at Valley Forge.
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