Tonight Mitt Romney could give the most effective debate performance since Ronald Reagan out debated President Carter, or even since Abraham Lincoln showed up Stephen Douglas, and Mitt Romney will still lose the post debate swing state polls. Why? Because the voter samples that the media pollsters will call are […] Read more »
Ahead Of First Debate, Poll Shows Romney Within Striking Distance
The latest poll by NPR and its bipartisan polling team shows President Obama with a 7-point lead among likely voters nationally and a nearly identical lead of 6 points in the dozen battleground states where both campaigns are spending most of their time and money. But the poll also finds […] Read more »
Obama leads Romney by 50 points with Latinos
President Barack Obama has his largest lead in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo oversample of Hispanic voters: 50 points. Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters, 70 percent to 20 percent, and with an equal margin among likely Latino voters, 71 percent to 21 percent. That is […] Read more »
Obama’s and Romney’s Strengths Going Into Debates
Available data show that Mitt Romney’s strengths — from the perspective of the average American — appear to be his economic experience and his ability to handle the economy, his ability to deal with the federal budget deficit, knowing and being able to help investors and business, his ability to […] Read more »
Obama holds lead in Ohio; statistical tie in Va., Fla.
As President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney prepare to square off for their first debate Wednesday night, the Democratic incumbent maintains a significant lead in one key battleground state while the contest in two others have tightened, according to a new round of NBC News/Marist/Wall Street Journal […] Read more »
Romney Maintains Economic Edge Heading Into Debates
As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to discuss domestic issues in Wednesday’s first presidential debate, Americans continue to give Romney at least a slight edge in terms of which presidential candidate is better able to handle the economy. However, Romney’s advantage has decreased in comparison to earlier in the […] Read more »