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New Franklin & Marshall poll shows Romney closes gap on Obama in Pennsylvania (0 48, R 44)
Lancaster Online ^ | 10-30

Posted on 10/30/2012 9:18:59 PM PDT by Arthurio

Oct 31, 2012 00:01

Election 2012: Franklin & Marshall College Poll

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By KAREN SHUEY Staff Writer

Less than a week before Election Day, the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney is closer than it's ever been in Pennsylvania, a new Franklin & Marshall College poll shows.

The poll, released this morning, shows Obama with a 4-point lead over Romney among likely voters in the state. Obama led Romney by 9 percentage points in the college's September poll.

Romney's gain reflects the former Massachusetts governor's recent ability to connect with middle-class voters here, poll director G. Terry Madonna said.

"(Romney) was on his way to losing the election, but his performance in the debates really changed that," said Madonna, who heads F&M's Center for Politics and Public Affairs.

Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/767700_New-Franklin---Marshall-poll-shows-Romney-closes-gap-on-Obama-in-Pennsylvania.html#ixzz2AqYRIeAp

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1 posted on 10/30/2012 9:19:07 PM PDT by Arthurio
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To: Arthurio

Obumble below 50% again...


2 posted on 10/30/2012 9:25:07 PM PDT by TheBigB (I voted 4 Obama & all I got was this lousy t-shirt & 15 mins in the back of a Prius with Sandy Fluke)
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To: TheBigB

internals democrats plus 8?


3 posted on 10/30/2012 9:26:41 PM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: Arthurio

Why do I get the strong feeling that Pennsylvania, Iowa, Virginia, and Wisconsin are all in the bag.. I still have the shakes about Ohio.. The Rats have known about the importance of Ohio, and have all of the crooks in place.. It’s their linchpin.. Gulp


4 posted on 10/30/2012 9:26:41 PM PDT by carlo3b (Less Government, more Fiber..)
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To: Arthurio; SeekAndFind; LS; Perdogg; napscoordinator; God luvs America; nutmeg; SoFloFreeper; ...

Poll ping.


5 posted on 10/30/2012 9:27:05 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (The pundits have forgotten the 2010 elections.)
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To: Arthurio

50% Dem
37% Rep
11% Ind

And then only a 4 pt Obama lead.


6 posted on 10/30/2012 9:27:58 PM PDT by WILLIALAL
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To: carlo3b

The signs are all there for a large Romney win in 7 days. This feels like 2008 in reverse. We knew the last week in 2008, McCain was losing. And we know in 2012 Romney is winning.


7 posted on 10/30/2012 9:28:25 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: WILLIALAL

Wow. That tells me R is actually winning PA.


8 posted on 10/30/2012 9:29:37 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: Jet Jaguar

Nice!


9 posted on 10/30/2012 9:30:04 PM PDT by tatown (Obama was right, it was a 'one term proposition')
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To: Arthurio
Good sample; 50/37/13. Useless unless you now view Romney up 8
10 posted on 10/30/2012 9:30:14 PM PDT by Kozy (Calling Al Gore)
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To: Arthurio

I want to believe we can take PA.

I grew up there and remember many election nights where RATs jumped out to big early leads as Philly and Pittsburgh got their results in first only to see the lead disappear as the “T” started reporting their results.

There were a lot of nights where D’s went to bed thinking their guy had won only to be shocked the next morning.

Seems like forever since that has happened. Sure would love to see a repeat of it Tuesday night (although a Romney blowout win would be OK too, I suppose).


11 posted on 10/30/2012 9:30:32 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: Arthurio

just got this tweeted to me as well:

In 2008 the GOP edged the Democrats by just 2% in absentee returns. As of today the GOP’s lead is 18.8% — a 16.9% bump in a state Obama won by 10% in 2008. Republicans have turned in 55.2% of the absentee ballots to date while the Democrats have returned just 36.4%.


12 posted on 10/30/2012 9:30:49 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: gswilder

“Wow. That tells me R is actually winning PA.”

Well this poll is so far left, that you can’t make any judgement from it.


13 posted on 10/30/2012 9:32:25 PM PDT by WILLIALAL
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To: carlo3b

If Romney wins all the states you list, then he does not need Ohio.... I still think in the end, he takes Ohio. He just needs to put Obama on defense again this week.


14 posted on 10/30/2012 9:34:35 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Barry, Barry quite contrary, how does your government grow?...)
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To: Arthurio

Poll Internals:
849 registered voters — 427 Democrats, 317 Republicans and 105 belonging to another party or unaffiliated

What a joke!


15 posted on 10/30/2012 9:35:20 PM PDT by ShovelThemOut
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To: WILLIALAL

Wow is that right?


16 posted on 10/30/2012 9:35:45 PM PDT by Ravi
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To: Arthurio

D50/R37/I13 sample.

A D+13 is high, even for Pennsylvania.


17 posted on 10/30/2012 9:39:09 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Actually pretty close to the registered voter information from 2010.


18 posted on 10/30/2012 9:50:36 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: carlo3b

nothing is in the bag....don’t believe that....at least, pray....pray donate and vote is better...


19 posted on 10/30/2012 9:51:28 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Anti-Hillary

I hope we are both right.. :)


20 posted on 10/30/2012 9:58:04 PM PDT by carlo3b (Less Government, more Fiber..)
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