Posted on 05/15/2012 1:16:34 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Fifty-six percent of of Americans say President Barack Obama will win re-election, the Gallup polling organization said Tuesday, drily calling that prediction "perhaps a slightly more optimistic assessment than is currently warranted."
Thirty-six percent say presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney will be the one taking the oath of office in January.
Party affiliation shapes whether Americans are bullish or bearish on the odds of another term for Obama: 81 percent of Democrats but just 24 percent of Republicans predict he'll pull it off. But 58 percent of Independents agreed, compared to just 31 percent who said Romney would get the keys to the White House.
Gallup's latest daily tracking poll found the incumbent and the challenger in a dead heat, with Obama up a statistically meaningless 46 percent to 45 percent over Romney.
"It may be that Americans recognize the advantages Obama has as the incumbent and that historically, presidents seeking re-election usually win," according to Gallup's analysis.
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“And even more predict that the world will end in December of 2012 because they read a twitter post on facebook based on something the Mayans once said.”
If Obama wins in November, we better all hope the Mayan Calender is correct!
Paddy Power has the odds of 0bama winning at 1 to 2. Romney is at 13 to 8. I trust the gamblers more than most of the polls.
See #15.
Obama is flailing about because he can’t run his record. The gay thing, the tax the rich thing and the Republican “assault” on women thing are all out of desperation. They all avoid the elephant in the room - the economy.
Agreed. See #23.
I hope you're right. Carter and Bush 41 were the only Presidents I've lived under who served one term. I was born under the last year of Carter, and up to the present, most Presidents have served 2 terms (warranted or not).
I pray that now as an adult, I'll see and understand the pertinence of voting out a bad President. I don't have a measuring stick, but this one seems like the absolute worst.
"perhaps a slightly more pessimistic assessment than is currently warranted..."
Maybe people are factoring in the benefit Obama will get from having a friendly company involved in counting the votes. Or his ability as President to create an "October surprise."
Yea, riiiiiight.
And Obama wrote his books, too.
They probably polled a bunch of fifth graders and stay-at-home welfare slugs. IOW, likely voters.
/snarkasm
People who hang out at Yahoo News will believe anything.
Brain dead supporters cannot/will not see what he has done to this country.
Blacks and Hispanics would continue to support him if he lined some up on the White House lawn every day and shot them. Never before in history has there been such blind adoration.
The MSM continues to lie for him and cover up for him.
There will be massive voter fraud and illegal contributions in this election just as there was in 2008.
If anyone thinks they will give up the commie coup they pulled off without an epic battle, they are sadly mistaken.
This will be the dirtiest, hardest fought election in history.
Folks, the Obama Media and spin masters for Obama have led the American public to believe that Obama was unbeatable, so many who oppose Obama have said, we can’t stand the guy, but...he will win. Not so.......the house of Obama cards is faling into little pieces with each passing day. And....the Obamabots thought Romney was going to be a pushover as McCain, the weak sister was.
Shucks Romney is not even the Pubbie candidate yet, and has not picked a VP running mate, and.....he is besting Obama before the Romney Campaign even gets into gear. Obama is toast. Bank on it!!!
What we really need to know is the kids survey for that school magazine and the result of the Redskins game the weekend before the election.
Obama can’t win, his cheekbones are too low.
Oh, brother..
Well the latest MSNBC/HookAHottie.com poll shows that Obama has already won the 2012 election and is favored to win the 2016 election as well.
I’m hearing more people say that and I believe it’s possible there will be none.
The last time 3 presidents in a row were re-elected, it was Jefferson, Madison, Monroe. Obama is on the wrong side of history.
When Mc’Cain got the Republican nomination I predicted Obama would be a one time president, and I’m sticking to that prediction.
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