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TroyD

(4,551 posts) Sun Nov 4, 2012, 09:39 AM Nov 2012

Are Indies Coming Back to Obama?

November 04, 2012

Some pollsters have started to notice that independent voters, who until recently were leaning toward Mitt Romney, may be trickling back toward President Obama with just days until the election.

A Zogby poll finds Obama has picked up five points among independents, perhaps because of how he has handled the federal response to Hurricane Sandy. Meanwhile the latest national Public Policy Polling tracking poll shows Obama turning a longtime disadvantage with independents into a 49% to 44% advantage. Furthermore, a new national ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll shows Obama and Romney deadlocked with independents, at 46% each, matching Obama's best showing among that group in that survey and coming after Romney had reached a high of 58% just a week and a half earlier.

Finally, the Politico/GWU tracking poll finds the two men essentially tied with independents just a week after Romney held a double-digit lead with them.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/04/are_indies_coming_back_to_obama.html

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Are Indies Coming Back to Obama? (Original Post) TroyD Nov 2012 OP

Indies are either Dem or Repub. ywcachieve Nov 2012 #1

Bump TroyD Nov 2012 #2

they are trying to save face n\t -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Nov 2012 #3

Two things are keeping me grounded. EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #4

apparently, they are tied now... although there has been a slight "tick" in obama's favor recently secondwind Nov 2012 #5

According to Matthew Dowd (R) most of the "independents" that moved to Romney are NOT true helpisontheway Nov 2012 #6

ywcachieve

(365 posts)

1. Indies are either Dem or Repub.

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 09:41 AM

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TroyD

(4,551 posts)

2. Bump

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:06 AM

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-LOKI -BAD FOR YA

(308 posts)

3. they are trying to save face n\t

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:38 PM

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EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)

4. Two things are keeping me grounded.

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:58 PM

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Neither may be PC. My Evangelical neighbors ( all lovely people) are educated
and informed about the Mormon faith. THEY WILL NOT VOTE FOR ROMNEY.
They caucused for and supported Santorum. They hate Romney and do not
consider him a Christian. Oddly a couple believe Obama is a Christian but
can't get past the the pro-choice and same sex marriage positions.

Another group of conservative co-workers and acquaintances are voting third party
and a few are writing in Ron Paul. These folks are socially more liberal than the Evangelicals.

This is Blue State and will go to Obama but wonder if there are similar feelings in Swing States.
Have heard the same thing from a few people in other parts of the country that are not in
Swing States.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

5. apparently, they are tied now... although there has been a slight "tick" in obama's favor recently

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Sun Nov 4, 2012, 12:59 PM

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helpisontheway

(5,008 posts)

6. According to Matthew Dowd (R) most of the "independents" that moved to Romney are NOT true