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 »
Mitt Romney Has An Identity Crisis
… Romney’s tenure running Bain Capital, layoffs, outsourcing, and now his personal finances give Democrats plenty of great fodder. … What makes the ads effective is that voters know next to nothing about Romney, other than that he is a rich and successful businessman, and perhaps that he is a […] Read more »
President Obama, Mitt Romney deadlocked in race
A pair of tepid jobs reports, landmark Supreme Court decisions on health-care and immigration laws, and an unprecedented barrage of negative ads have shaped the opening months of the fall presidential campaign. The impact on the horse race: virtually none. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, President Obama […] Read more »
Why Romney Has Blown It With Latino Voters
Most political reporters and the outlets they work for still don’t understand why Latino voters are overwhelmingly supporting President Obama over Republican Mitt Romney. … For many Latinos, once they know a candidate is against a pathway to citizenship for them, their children, their cousins, aunts, uncles, neighbors and church […] Read more »