Posted on 10/01/2012 6:39:02 AM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows President Obama attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns the vote from 47%. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided. See daily tracking history.
These results include “leaners,” people who are initially uncommitted to the two leading candidates but lean towards one of them when asked a follow-up question. Platinum Members can still see the more detailed numbers along with demographic breakdowns, and additional information from the tracking poll on a daily basis.
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Willie Horton was first exposed by Al Gore in the Democrat primary. Then, the ads that ran in the general election were not run by the Bush campaign. They were run by a 3rd party.
Ridiculous. Thanks for signing up, though. Hang around and find some guts.
As said many times, they are either completely wimping out, or holding back for a strong push in the last month. I have no idea which it is going to be. They seemed to have gone limp since the convention.
If they don’t fight for this, I am done with the GOP. That’s all I know. I am a party-first guy when it comes to general elections, but to essentially let Obama run two uncontested elections is absolutely criminal. I hope we see a serious fight in the next 30 days. With each passing day, I wonder.
I am feeling good about the polls today.
Mitt is in striking distance, not woefully behind as the MSM was proclaiming last week.
Praying that he kicks some major bahookey during the debates, and knocks sense into some of the mind-numbed 0bamabots out there.
I think you will see more ‘contrast’ ads in the coming weeks.
The ads that have been run thus far are meant for the squishy undecided/former/soft Obama voter - to sort of gently hold their hand and walk them over to the Romney side of the street.
The ads which will air in the net 3-4 weeks will be “Are you nuts people, this guy is a disaster” ads. IMO.
OK, for arguments sake lets ask this related question. Would Romney stand by a controversial ad as George H.W. Bush did if it were run in his behalf by a third party? Its highly doubtful would he stand by it.
That’s what worries me right there. He needs to get over this and fight to win.
You’re probably right. Just four years ago, the McCain team was totally aghast when Palin accused Obama of “palling around with terrorists” on the stump. It’s been milksop city for the GOP ever since. I’m genuinely embarrassed by how far the Party I’ve always voted for has devolved into such cowering timidity.
Course, our OH absentee spreadsheet shows an entirely different story than ANY poll out there. But, hey, those are only actual ballot requests, not "opinions."
Correction: Reagan 44 States. (I must be counting states like Obama).
All Obama has been running is contrast ads. And then positive ads. Our contrast ads are weak in comparison. What do we run? Adds with little if any text at all, ads that dont tell a compelling story. There’s no compelling graphic that would grab a viewers attention and make them mad. Ads with way too many graphs and charts.
Let me tell you this, I was in a bar the other night and I saw a Romney ad on broadcast on 4 large tvs, everybody in the bar saw it. The TV sound was turned down.
Not a single person in the bar knew what the heck that ad was talking about. Even I didnt know, and I think I have seen the same crappy ad before.
or Romney has no clue how to campaign....no reason obozo should be up at this point considering the numbers against him unless his opponent is giving it away...
Reagan was down 8 to Carter, 47-39, on October 26th.
Today is October 1st and Romney is down 2.3 (if you avg the 3 polls this morning).
Now clearly, Romney is no Reagan. But the point is, the race is a dead heat with 4 weeks to go - which is an eternity in this 24/7 news cycle.
Always has been a joke...and always will be a joke.
Plenty of people have never been polled.
Plenty of people hang up when it's a poll person.
Plenty of people lie when asked questions.
Plenty of lying, cheating and stealing going on.........
Romney is a successful business man who knows how to close the deal.
Obama has peaked. I do believe it's now Romney's turn.
“As said many times, they are either completely wimping out, or holding back for a strong push in the last month. “
According to Chris Christie, who is a debate coach for Romney, Romney is going to cut loose and “turn things upside down” during Wednesday’s debate.
It’s October first. At what point is Mitt going to start campaigning. I have a feeling we are going to be saying that on October 15. I think I will go buy 500 rounds of ammo and a bag of beans.
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