As President Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in their third and final presidential debate tonight, a new poll from CBS News shows the president leading Romney on foreign policy, the focus of the debate, by a nine-point margin. According to the poll, conducted from October 17-20, the […] Read more »
Referendum or Choice, Which Candidate Will Show Fighting Spirit?
… In Charlotte … Mr. Obama demonstrated that perhaps he could win a referendum election after all. And in Denver, Mr. Romney showed that he would have a fighting chance even if voters saw the election as a clash of personalities. So what does this mean for the final debate, […] Read more »
Post-ABC poll: Romney now rivals Obama on dealing with int’l affairs, terrorism
President Obama and Mitt Romney head into the final debate still deadlocked among likely voters nationally: 49 percent side with the Democratic president, 48 percent with the Republican challenger, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. But Romney now rivals Obama when it comes to dealing with international affairs […] Read more »
Obama regains lead in the race: The best closing argument
The latest national likely voter survey for Democracy Corps has Obama back to his 49 to 46 percent lead, with 2 percent volunteering a third party candidate. There are only 3 percent undecided. While nearly all the other polls show a closer race, we have a lot of confidence in […] Read more »
Debate Ahead, Romney Gains on Int’l Affairs – But Continues to Lag on Economic Priorities
Mitt Romney carries newfound competitiveness in trust to handle international issues into the final presidential debate, combined with his highest personal popularity of the 2012 campaign. But continued weakness in his perceived economic priorities is keeping the race a close one. Among other shifts, after last week’s second debate, which […] Read more »
Nate Silver’s Flawed Model
… The main reason that Silver feels Obama is still an overwhelming favorite is that while Romney has surged in the polls to tie (or lead) Obama nationally, the challenger is still, in Silver’s opinion, a long shot to pull together enough battleground states to get to 270 electoral votes. […] Read more »