Posted on 05/21/2012 6:41:29 AM PDT by NE Cons
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows President Obama earning 47% of the vote and Mitt Romney attracting 44% support. Five percent (5%) would vote for a third party candidate, while another five percent (5%) are undecided.
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Barry’s eloquence is swaying the mob. He just stepped up the promises of aid.
In a close race, with all our die-hard, “true conservative” Freepers voting for Virgil Goode to send the GOP a message, we might as well get used to the idea of 4 more years of Obama and the death of the Republic. But hey, all you Freepers who won’t vote for Romney because he’s exactly the same as Obama or worse, you can feel good about yourself for sticking to your principles.
Sounds like the masses are OK with Bathhouse Barry’s stance on homo “marriage.”
Actually, if election was held today Romey would win probably 52 to 47 (1% going to other candidates).. The undecides will not go to Obmama as they already know him...
Unfortunately, that may just be it
Totally agree
Until after the conventions, polls mean jack squat.
Why do you imply this will be a close race? Have you had a look at the RCP electoral map lately? Obama will have a rock-solid guarantee of 260+ EVs before the first vote is tabulated on election day.
Romney is being nominated to placate the mushy middle in order to hold the House and maybe get close to a tie in the Senate.
The swings are entirely reasonable given the questions he is trying to answer. He polls daily with essentially the same question so that we can track support for Obama throughout his term in our White House, support for Romney from the time he became the presumptive nominee until the election, etc. Given daily polling costs, Scott Rasmussen has to keep the sample size at a level that has these fluctuations. [Note: I have never worked directly for Rasmussen, but I hold him in high regard as an honest professional - he doesn't mess with his methodology to change what he's measuring and get the "desired" result. His poll numbers speak for themselves, and the changes in those numbers tell an honest story.]
Exactly. They're told to believe, feel and think in a certain way and they comply. Critical thought burns too many brain cells.
The markets were down big-time the past few weeks, but note how the media downplayed it. Pathetic.
I believe he is honest, but I believe his methods are flawed. Swings like these are not reasonable. People aren’t flipflopping like this.
My son tells me that young people can’t stand Romney, that he’s too stiff and, well, Mormon. It’s not that they object to Mormonism on a religious basis, but that they find it annoying and creepy. He says that young people never cared about Obama’s religion because they didn’t think that he was a real believer, or that his church was a real church even, more of a political group.
He thinks that young people will fall back to voting for Obama over Romney, or just not vote at all.
Why is anyone arguing over this anyway?
Today it will say A, and people will use it as a sounding board for whatever their agenda is. TOMORROW it will say something else and a new group will come out of the woods to heap their spin.
There is a map that looks a lot like what you said: Obama at "260+ EV" -- 266 to be exact -- and Mittens with 272 and the win.
Has materialized=Has not materialized...sorry
Rasmussen lost me when he wouldn't pick a winner in the Brown vs. Coakley race, when most every other pollster had Brown winning.
PPP (although they tilt left) is more accurate and consistent in their polling methodology, IMHO. Also, a cumulative analysis of polling results is required, some folks look at just what this one flawed prognosticator publishes and take it as truth. It isn't.
Re: Romney is a one trick pony
He is just another spineless republican who will not fight. God help us.
You're right. Most are. But Ras isn't one of them. His sampling has the GOP 2 points higher than the Dems. No other pollster has the GOP even or head in likely voter #s.
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