Romney's Rhetoric Responsible For Obama's Surge And New Lead In Polls

from AlterNet:



Romney's Rhetoric Responsible For Obama's Surge And New Lead In Polls
Obama is pulling away from Romney in most national polls, and leads in swing states.


Mitt Romney's string of offensive remarks—attacking Obama after U.S. diplomats were murdered in Libya and saying 47 percent of Americans don't pay taxes and are pathetic government dependents—has resulted in the largest lead by Obama in 2012's polls.

The most detailed poll, by The Pew Research Center For The People And The Press, gives Obama the biggest lead—8 percentage points—and says that compared to this same time period in recent presidential elections, Obama shares the favorables that recent candidates had who went on to win.

“Not only does Obama enjoy a substantial lead in the horserace, he tops Romney on a number of key dimensions,” Pew said. “His support is stronger than his rivals, and is positive rather than negative. Mitt Romney’s backers are more ardent than they were pre-convention, but they are still not as enthusiastic as Obama’s. Roughly half of Romney’s supporters say they are voting against Obama rather than for the Republican nominee.”

However, Obama now leads Romney 48.3 percent to 45.0 percent in an average of all nationwide polling taken in the last week, according to Real Clear Politics. In a handful of swing states, such as Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin, Obama also is moving ahead of Romney. In others, notably in Colorado, Iowa and North Carolina, both candidates are statistically tied. .................(more)

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