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IBD/TIPP Poll It's Obama (D) 47% Romney ($) 46% (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 OP
The Romney bounce is fading. BUT, Obama does need a good debate Tuesday. RBInMaine Oct 2012 #1
Romney Is Losing The Non White Vote 88% -7% DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #2
Reuters showed similar direction toward Obama on Friday Jennicut Oct 2012 #3
Good! Thanks, DSB! I noticed that polls that have the President ahead get little love here writes3000 Oct 2012 #4
The game is played by its rules. LisaL Oct 2012 #7
At Some Points The Nat'l And State Polls Should Converge Or Come Reasonably Close DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #8
I think that what we're generally seeing is that Obama's supporters Zynx Oct 2012 #5
Meh otohara Oct 2012 #6
The beginning of the Biden Bump is starting to show bushisanidiot Oct 2012 #9
This is a right leaning poll nt flamingdem Oct 2012 #10
It's The Most Favorable National Poll This Week DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #11
Someone here said they are pretty accurate flamingdem Oct 2012 #12
IBD Isn't Doing The Polling. They Only Commissioned The Pollster DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #14
Which means the bottom is about to fall out of the Romney campaign bushisanidiot Oct 2012 #13
Kick for the swarm of trolls. writes3000 Oct 2012 #15
Demographic Breakdowns TroyD Oct 2012 #16
. n/t VespertineIconoclast Oct 2012 #17

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
3. Reuters showed similar direction toward Obama on Friday
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:08 PM
Oct 2012

Romney had dropped a point. If Reuters has them tied in their next poll or Obama with a lead then it would be two tracking polls showing Obama leads and two showing Romney leads. Then you know it is indeed an incredibly close race.

writes3000

(4,734 posts)
4. Good! Thanks, DSB! I noticed that polls that have the President ahead get little love here
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:08 PM
Oct 2012

Sometimes. It's great to see him moving ahead in the national race. It's all about the swing states but I want him to win both.

Zynx

(21,328 posts)
5. I think that what we're generally seeing is that Obama's supporters
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:09 PM
Oct 2012

were deflated after his lackluster debate performance. I think that at the margins they didn't even want to answer the polls, which in itself is enough to skew things a little bit. As more time passes, and assuming he puts in a better debate performance, this will shift back and I think that he'll go into election day with a 3-4 point lead.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
6. Meh
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:09 PM
Oct 2012

I got called by two polling groups, neither one sounded familiar, so I hung up!

I was doing some phone banking yesterday and people are sick to death of being called! A couple hung up on me and the one's that answered pleaded with me to stop calling...they were supporters of PO, but sick of the calls.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
9. The beginning of the Biden Bump is starting to show
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:22 PM
Oct 2012

tomorrow will be a FUN day when new (non-republican) polls start coming out.

Pew was a definite outlier last week. And the only other polls buoying Romney are republican pollsters. His moment in the sun is OVER.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
12. Someone here said they are pretty accurate
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:41 PM
Oct 2012

or were in 2008. It's Investors Business Daily and the owner is a repuke, but I'm glad their poll was the most favorable!

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
14. IBD Isn't Doing The Polling. They Only Commissioned The Pollster
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:45 PM
Oct 2012

I am a bit suspicious too but I like today's results. I might not like the results tomorrow but for the moment I'm happy.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
13. Which means the bottom is about to fall out of the Romney campaign
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:45 PM
Oct 2012

because oct 5 - 9 will soon be falling out of the polls for averages used.
once those days, pus I guess the 10th, fall out, republicans will
be in a panic as they take off their rose colored glasses to get a closer
look at what is happening.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
16. Demographic Breakdowns
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 04:38 PM
Oct 2012

The race remains in a statistical dead heat, with Obama holding a slender 46.7% to 46.0% edge over Romney.

Obama's slight edge, which has emerged in the last 3 days, has in large part been built on a drop in independent support for Romney, though the former Massachusetts governor still holds a 9-point edge with that key bloc.

Also in the last 3 days: Obama has found growing support in the South (narrowing the gap with Romney from 14 to 7 points), padded his huge lead among Blacks and Hispanics (moving to an 81-point edge from 71), and recaptured urban voters (now a 29% lead, up from only 10 points).


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