Iowa poll gives Obama a 5-point edge

Source: USA Today

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowans are feeling more optimistic about where the nation is headed, and they're giving President Obama the credit.

Obama is up 5 points in Iowa, leading Republican Mitt Romney 47% to 42%, according to a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll, although the results also contain signs of hope for Romney, political strategists said.

Obama barely edges Romney on the question of which candidate would do the best job of fixing the economy, the primary argument of Romney's campaign, the poll shows.

Romney has gained an edge with his frequent claims in the campaign's final weeks that he can best quell the country's snarling partisanship by bringing Democrats and Republicans together. But he's having trouble getting Iowa voters to trust him.


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