Polling since the debate in Denver last week has generally been very strong for Mitt Romney. … A troubling sign for Mr. Romney, however, is that although he has made gains in state polls, he does not seem to have taken the lead in very many of them. … How […] Read more »
Political Veterans: A ‘Real’ and ‘Testy’ Debate
We asked two political veterans for their reactions to the Joe Biden-Paul Ryan vice-presidential debate, and here they provide their analysis of who did best on which topics and who had a stronger overall performance. The contributors are Mark S. Mellman, Democratic pollster and Mellman Group president, and David Winston, […] Read more »
Views of Obama More Polarized as Election Nears
Thus far in October, an average of 90% of Democrats, and 8% of Republicans, approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. That 82-percentage-point gap in approval ratings by party is on pace to be the largest Gallup has measured for a recent incumbent president in the final […] Read more »
Romney leads national polls, but Obama hangs tough in swing states
The race for president is at its most confusing point of the campaign. The post-debate polling picture has indicated that Mitt Romney has made up ground nationally, but polls from the swing states offer a more complicated and still optimistic picture for President Obama. [cont.] Harry Enten, The Guardian Read more »
Romney’s Debate Win Was About Personality More Than Policy
… YouGov polls have been asking Americans to indicate whether they think 16 different adjectives do or do not describe Romney and Obama — such as “bold,” “effective,” “strong,” “patriotic,” “arrogant,” etc. … Romney was dealing with substantial disadvantages on these dimensions before the debate, but after the debate he […] Read more »
There’s No Question, Romney Changed the Game
Before the first presidential debate, this column repeatedly pointed out that Mitt Romney needed something to happen—an event or development that would change the trajectory of this race—or he would lose. As Jay Leno remarked, the only people who thought President Obama won the debate were the NFL replacement referees. […] Read more »