Mitt Romney’s business experience – the centerpiece of his case for the presidency – has proven to be much more of a liability than an asset in key swing states. Clear negative trends have emerged in recent polling conducted in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia by Global Strategy Group […] Read more »
Obama’s Shrinking Majority
Elections are about numbers, and right now the president’s are bad. To understand why, consider 2008 as a reference point. That year, Barack Obama received 69,456,897 votes to John McCain’s 59,934,814. But a big chunk of President Obama’s 9.5 million-vote advantage is probably gone. Let’s break this down. [cont.] Karl […] Read more »
Likely Independent Voters: Who they are? And what do they think?
… Who actually are likely independent voters? Where do they stand on the issues? Are they more conservative? More liberal? Or somewhere in between? And finally, how do they perceive Obama and Romney on the issues? [cont.] Clifford Young, Ipsos Public Affairs Read more »
Midwest, West Most Competitive Regions in 2012 Election
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are fairly evenly matched in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States in terms of the 2012 presidential vote. Obama enjoys a decisive advantage in the East and Romney has a lead in the South. [cont.] Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
The strategy behind the Dem attacks on Bain
… Priorities will release a memo tomorrow detailing polling in the five swing states where Priorities has been running ads — Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. [Geoff] Garin said the polling will show: * a clear jump in the number of voters in those states who are less, rather […] Read more »
Obama expands lead on Romney, voters more optimistic
President Barack Obama expanded his lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney to 6 percentage points in the White House race this month as voters became slightly more optimistic about the economy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday. [cont.] John Whitesides, Reuters Read more »