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Rasmussen: Ohio: Romney 50%, Obama 48% (Poll taken 10/28/12)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | 10/29/12 | Rasmussen Reports

Posted on 10/29/2012 7:38:58 AM PDT by BCrago66

The race for Ohio’s Electoral College votes remains very close, but now Mitt Romney now has a two-point advantage.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Ohio Voters shows Romney with 50% support to President Obama’s 48%. One percent (1%) likes some other candidate, while another one percent (1%) remains undecided.

(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; ohio
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1 posted on 10/29/2012 7:38:58 AM PDT by BCrago66
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To: BCrago66

Glenn Reynolds (AKA Instapundit) has written about the possibility of a “preference cascade” favoring Romney; it’s the phenomenon originally observed when dictators rapidly lose support, practically overnight, as those who silently hate the regime discover that they’re not alone; they’re actually the majority, and it’s socially acceptable to oppose the regime in power.

That’s why public dissemination of these poll results - and this is the first Ohio poll with Romney in the lead - is important. Formerly “independent” folks start to feel comfortable coming out against Obama, knowing that they’re not isolated; they cannot be branded as freaks or racists; they are, in fact, the American majority.

The first - not the last - poll showing Romney leading in Ohio. That exactly what we needed right now.


2 posted on 10/29/2012 7:41:29 AM PDT by BCrago66
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To: BCrago66

Polls showing Romney down always show up in breaking news or front page news. At least give this the same visibility. Trying to depress FR I’m noticing


3 posted on 10/29/2012 7:44:01 AM PDT by wiseprince
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To: BCrago66

Smoke that, Nate.


4 posted on 10/29/2012 7:47:12 AM PDT by ziravan (Are you better off now than you were $9.4 Trillion dollars ago?)
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To: BCrago66
Good point!!!!!

Here's the article you mentioned about Glenn Reynolds and the "preference cascade"....

"We're starting to see a preference cascade, in Romney's direction."

5 posted on 10/29/2012 7:47:50 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: BCrago66
Formerly “independent” folks start to feel comfortable coming out against Obama, knowing that they’re not isolated...

Disaffected Democrats as well. Another example of this is the endorsement by the DesMoines Register. It gives these people permission to abandon Obama in favor of Romney.

6 posted on 10/29/2012 7:48:34 AM PDT by Palmetto Patriot (2010 All Over Again. Make it happen. Get Busy!)
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To: BCrago66

Nice!


7 posted on 10/29/2012 7:48:35 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: BCrago66

Nice!


8 posted on 10/29/2012 7:48:35 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: BCrago66

Things are moving in the right direction.


9 posted on 10/29/2012 7:49:52 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (In a previous life I was ...)
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To: BCrago66

My theory on people/states that have a good batting average is that


10 posted on 10/29/2012 7:55:21 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: wiseprince

This is encouraging. Let me add some more encouragement to your day.

We all know that the trends look great for Romney, but we’re all concerned about these stubborn Ohio polls that we all suspect are skewed. But, there are a lot of them showing Obama in the lead, and that’s discouraging. So, understanding that everything else looks good, let’s see why these polls really say...because they just don’t seem to add up to what we see elsewhere.

I’ve taken 5 polls for which I could get concrete data. These are the recent polls by ARG, PPP, Gravis, CNN and Survey USA. Here’s what I found.

They oversampled democrats by 7 on average
They gave Obama a 2.8% lead over Romney
This means that Obama MUST HAVE at least a Democrat plus 4.2% better turnout just to break even. In 2008 is was about 5%

BUT, THAT’S NOT THE WHOLE STORY:
They showed an average independent advantage for Romney by +8. The average percent of independents making up the total voters was just over 25%, so basically, the advantage to Romney is +2.

They also showed an average party-line plus cross-over vote (Democrats voting for Romney) by a 2.6% advantage.

So, this means that these polls show that Democrats must have an 8.8% Democrat advantage JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

OK, so you’re still thinking...but, there are so many polls that favor Obama. To that I reply...these calculations are taken only from these same polls that are bothersome to you. Look at all the other indicators which show Romney doing far better. For example, Republicans almost always do better than the national average in Ohio. Romney’s above 50% in some major polls. Swing states are overwhelmingly supporting Romney. There’s so much more. Why let these petty little polls bother you? Have faith, my friends.


11 posted on 10/29/2012 7:58:26 AM PDT by trackman
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To: BCrago66

Everything seems to coming together nicely.


12 posted on 10/29/2012 7:58:32 AM PDT by mandaladon (Hit the road Obama!)
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To: BCrago66; Ravi

Interesting internals in the poll. Rasmussen reports that 32% of the expected electorate has already voted and Obama has a large lead among those early voters:

“Nearly one-in-three Ohio voters (32%) have already cast their ballots. Obama leads 62% to 36% among these voters.”

However, on an earlier thread (that was eventually pulled because it lacked a link to the source)Ravi noted that one expects about 5.4 to 5.6 million votes. Until now early total voting and absentees only accounts for 1 million votes, ie at most 18.5%.

Thus, Rasmussen’s poll is, unless the turn-out this year will be lower than 3.2 millions, highly skewed with respect to those who have voted early.

Given that part of the sample gives Obama a large lead, the conclusion must be that (everything else the same) a correct sample would have shown Romney in an even larger lead.

PS: I quoted Ravi’s figures from memory. Hopefully he will come by and correct me if necessary.


13 posted on 10/29/2012 7:58:33 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Mercat; BCrago66

Sorry. I got interrupted mid post. Anyway - the theory is that they are right all the time because they go with the final polls.


14 posted on 10/29/2012 8:13:17 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: ScaniaBoy

As of 10/27, 1.6 million voters have requested absentee ballots. 1 million have submitted ballots/early voted in toto. I expect turnout to be 5.6 to 5.7 million. Others may disagree. So 1/5.6 is 18%. 1.6/5.6 is 28.5%. So both numbers are less than the 32% who told rasmussen they VOTED. 1.6 million are ABOUT TO VOTE of which 1 million have actually VOTED. Key distinction.


15 posted on 10/29/2012 8:22:35 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: BCrago66

Super Interesting News from Rasmussen!

He just released an poll to his members that is a 7 day poll.

Some highlights!!

D+4 Poll D/R/I = 40/36/24

Taken from Oct 22-28
This is his daily 7 day sample at 500 LV daily
So 3500 people

White/Black/Other 74/13/13

Congress Republican/Congress Democrat: 46/43

Gov Romney/President Obama: 50/47 (expanded sample)

The Governor leads independents by 13

President total approval: 48
Presidential Approval Index: -12

Right Track/Wrong Track: 39/57


16 posted on 10/29/2012 8:24:12 AM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
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hi Software:

I enjoy your posts. Was this rasmussen poll for the state of ohio or the country? I have platinum membership and my national poll shows 49-47 Romney, not 50-47


17 posted on 10/29/2012 8:29:31 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: Tulane

Hi Tulane,

Thanks!

This is for the entire country. This is a 7 day sample, instead of the 3 day sample

On your platinum membership, look at the CROSSTABS of the Congressional vote preference article where the R/D split is 46/43

You will find a ton of good data there

With a sample size of 3500, the MOE goes down to about 1.5% for any good pollster


18 posted on 10/29/2012 8:32:39 AM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
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To: Tulane

Rasmussen: Ohio: Romney 50%, Obama 48% (Poll taken 10/28/12)


19 posted on 10/29/2012 8:33:40 AM PDT by MEG33 (O Lord, Guide Our Nation)
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To: BCrago66

In related news: A dump truck of Prozac was seen backing into MSNBC.

Pray for America


20 posted on 10/29/2012 8:36:48 AM PDT by bray (Islam- A billion medieval savages can't be wrong!)
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