Resurgent Republic sponsored two focus groups in Cleveland, Ohio, among blue-collar voters who supported Barack Obama in 2008 and are not strongly affiliated with either candidate today. Conducted by The Tarrance Group, the respondents did not have a college degree and a majority had household incomes less than $60k. The […] Read more »
Goodbye, Columbus: Why top Ohio Republicans think Romney has lost the state
… Presidential candidates have rebounded from downbeat polls before, especially when we are still five weeks from Election Day. So Romney’s problem is not just the recent Ohio surveys that show him losing to Barack Obama by as many as 10 percentage points. Instead, what is striking is the funereal […] Read more »
Who will abandon Obama and Romney on Election Day?
Three new Washington Post polls in swing states reveal a positive snapshot for President Obama, who holds leads in Ohio, Florida and Virginia. For most voters, the decision is over: More than eight in 10 of each candidate’s supporters say they will “definitely” vote for them. But, which pieces of […] Read more »
Polls Show Obama Is Widening His Lead in Ohio and Florida
For weeks, Republicans in Ohio have been watching with worry that the state’s vital 18 electoral votes were trending away from Mitt Romney. The anxiety has been similar in Florida, where Republicans are concerned that President Obama is gaining the upper hand in the fight for the state’s 29 electoral […] Read more »
Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory
President Obama has grabbed a significant lead over Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by The Washington Post, indicating that there are fresh hurdles in the way of the Republican challenger’s best route to victory in the Electoral College. … […] Read more »
Obama has edge over Romney in three battleground states
President Barack Obama has the edge over Republican Mitt Romney in three potentially decisive states in the presidential election. Obama tops Romney by seven percentage points among likely voters in both Ohio (49-42 percent) and Virginia (50-43 percent). In Florida, the president holds a five-point edge (49-44 percent). … The […] Read more »