Posted on 05/08/2012 6:39:41 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney earning 49% of the vote and President Obama attracting 44% support. Three percent (3%) would vote for a third party candidate, while another three percent (3%) are undecided.
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The uptick for Romney comes as investor confidence has fallen six points in the wake of last week’s disappointing jobs report. Looking ahead five years, just 44% of Americans believe the nation’s economy will be stronger than it is today. That’s the lowest level of long-term optimism ever measured.
Still, it’s important to note that the presidential race has remained very close in recent weeks. Romney has had the advantage on six of the last 12 days, and Obama has held the edge six times. It remains to be seen whether today’s results represent a lasting change or are merely statistical noise. Romney’s support has remained within three points of 46% every day for more than two months. Obama’s numbers have stayed within two points of 45% every day for nearly two months.
This far out Intrade is meaningless, a couple of months ago he was at 61% for re-election, I believe that as the campaign starts to rev up that those numbers will drop
Totally agree. In the end Romney will win around 60% to Abam’s 40%.
I'm starting to get that feeling myself. I think it will be that way no matter who the Republicans nominate and that's a crying shame because we lost the best opportunity we've had since 1980 to put a real conservative in the White House. Anybody think Sarah Palin is kicking herself just a little bit? She would have had this nomination going away.
I don’t know what that’s based on but it’s sure not the polls.
If you mean US History I think that’s FDR over Hoover. Not gonna happen, that margin was huge.
But I do think if someone wins easily that it won’t be Obama.
Its looking bad everywhere on the whole planet for incumbents. The world economy is hurting. The next few years won’t be pretty.
Obama was over 50% just a couple of days ago, but the KM's under water again in Gallup.
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