Posted on 08/09/2012 5:35:46 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
.... Those findings, contained in the latest batch of Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News swing state polls, highlight the stubborn divisions of this year’s presidential race among two of the most important voting groups in the most hotly contested states. ....
Mr. Obama’s goal is to keep Mr. Romney from running up huge margins among white working-class voters — defined as those without college degrees and with household incomes of $30,000 to $100,000 — who could give him the edge.
New results from surveys over the past week in Colorado, Virginia and Wisconsin, combined with surveys last week in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, show that Mr. Romney so far appears to be holding his own with that group, but running no stronger than Senator John McCain did four years ago.
Similarly, Mr. Romney is trying to peel off as many female voters as possible from Mr. Obama’s electoral coalition, hoping to offset the president’s advantages among single and nonwhite women by appealing to married and white women with a message about economic security and pocketbook issues.
But while the poll suggests that Mr. Romney is making inroads among women in Colorado, where he is also showing strength against Mr. Obama by several other measures, support for Mr. Obama among women has otherwise held up in the battleground states. As a result, Mr. Obama has so far been able to stave off bigger losses in the most hotly contested states, in particular among independents, who are divided in Colorado and Wisconsin and supporting Mr. Romney in Virginia, and white men, who are supporting Mr. Romney by double digits over the president in all three states. .....
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Why only 'white men'? You would think the same bad economy condition affect both men and women alike.
Why Obama Camp so focused on Romney's supposed 'War on Women' meme.
Single women, government is there baby daddy.
Intrade has Romney dropping a full point per day since Monday. Hopefully, he’ll start turning things around soon.
I heard a poll this morning on FOX (I don’t know the specifics of the poll) that Obama could be leading in the womans vote 75% to 35%. That says it all.
Is it ever. Along with "husband," "provider" and "dealer."
Intrade is not exactly a good prognosticator this far out.
This Q poll is late and wrong!
Obama ran to Colorado yesterday, to pander to the abortion crowd, because he knows HE’S BEHIND BY 5%, here!
Apparently women, on average, prefer to be unemployed, underpaid, and like to see their grocery bills and cost of living rising faster than their income. WTH. This needs to be core in Romney’s message in the fall to pull back in some of these women. In 2004, we had the ‘security mom’s’ that voted for Bush to protect their families. This economic path is endangering families in a very serious way. With Obama, we stay on this path and get worse...with Romney, we see economic growth, more jobs and better policy to strengthen our family’s money.
It is, however, an indicator that people are buying into the narrative that Obama can't be beaten.
You'd think so if common sense ruled the day but women think of jug ears as the guy who they would like to party with and the men don't!
Maybe they're finding something comforting in having Big Government care for them.
My wife got a push poll for Obama on the telephone yesterday. They were stunned when they could not convince her that Obama deserved four more years ... and we are in WA.
I’m sure you appreciate your conservative wife. They are hard to come by.
I’m sure you appreciate your conservative wife. They are hard to come by.
No, this poll merely underlines what happens when you massively over sample Democrats
Yes I do ... very few pass that screening interview.
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