Posted on 10/09/2012 7:40:27 AM PDT by SoftwareEngineer
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
In the 11 swing states, Mitt Romney earns 49% support to Obama’s 47%. One percent (1%) likes another candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided.
This is the first time Romney has led the daily Swing State Survey since September 19. Until today, the president had led for 17 of the previous 19 days, and the candidates had been tied twice. This survey is based on findings from the previous seven days, with most of the responses now coming since Romney’s debate win last Wednesday night.
Forty-six percent (46%) of these Swing State voters are now “certain” they will vote for Romney and will not change their minds. Forty percent (40%) are certain they will vote for the president.
In 2008, Obama won these states by a combined margin of 53% to 46%, virtually identical to his national margin.
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Well, just wait until all of Romney’s GAFFES catch up to him!
(oh, wait...hang on....ummmmmm)
Its what i’ve been saying for a long time, Obama support has always been soft, we saw how soft in 2010.
“I live in NJ (southern) and I have not seen one single obama sign on the lawns, and only two in/on cars. I am praying New Jersey flips.”
i’m hoping against “hope and change” that the dearth of Obama lawn signs and bumper stickers means that Obama’s supporters are having their doubts, but my take is that they are still supporting Obama, but are now embarrassed to publicly show their support for him, but will still cast their vote for BO in November.
i’m praying that i am wrong and that they have seen the
light.
God Save America from 4 more years of BO.
“Forty-six percent (46%) of these Swing State voters are now ‘certain’ they will vote for Romney and will not change their minds. Forty percent (40%) are certain they will vote for the president.”
That means that 14% are undecided or aren’t really sure of their vote. Gov. Romney is likely to get more than half this number.
They are going to pull a serious October surprise. I fear something really big.
Sigh. This is only a “shift” if people haven’t been paying attention to our FR absentee voting analysis. OH, FL, NC never really that much “in play” given the absentee voting numbers, which were turned upside down from 08. But I’m glad Ras and the other pollsters are finally catching up to reality.
Oh no no no! Please don’t insult Notre Dame like that! And it violates the sacred memory of Ronald Reagan playing the Gipper in the film! Ouch!
North Jersey has a huge Puerto Rican population and a huge percentage of them are as trapped in government dependency as the black population.
Romney will win OH. And you are wrong in some of your analysis. There are lots of recent polls showing Mitt ahead in CO and IA . . . don’t go by just one. And the latest from Michigan is that he is down by only 4. The trend is in our direction. Stay the course.
The possibility of a breakthrough ...
Yes, there is a possibility that the election will not be close, that all the swing states will fall to Romney and he will become competitive in some additional states.
Right now, neither Obama nor Romney will do anything about those states. Maybe, send Paul Ryan or Joe Biden in (plus, there are some surrogates who might be deployed).
Even later, even if it starts to look like a landslide, both camps will remain focused on the current set of battlegrounds, maybe abandoning one or two, but that will be it, because to abandon more would be to concede the election.
This means we’re going to have to depend on partisan fighters in the second tier states. Locals. Tea Party members.
Looking at the second tier states, MI, PA and NM are real possibilities. Plus, there are Senate seats in play, or which could be in play. CT is a little more iffy, but it too has a Senate seat in play.
Let’s look again at MO, MT and ND. We’re going to win those states. But, we might not win the Senate seats in them. These are opportunities to “nationalize” the Senate contests. Have Paul Ryan and a Mitt surrogate (Ann or one of the boys) campaign with the Senate candidate. (OK this is a little edgy in MO.)
Spreading the field and poaching: If Obama’s money starts to dry up, we can spread the field, and pick up some of these second tier states, since he (Obama) would not be able to respond. However, I think they have perfected how to get all the money in the world sent to them via (untraceable) temporary credit cards. So, I’m thinking the real reason for Romney to put resources into secondary states is to win seats in the Senate.
Wow and look how soft Obama’s support is.
I will caution here, what fake polls give, fake polls take away. The headline on election day even on Fox...”President looks to ride a slim lead to re-election”. The MSM will not allow Barak Obama to be defeated. They just won’t. We will win, but I do not let my emotions be swayed by daily tracking polls where the pollster can adjust reality to whatever he chooses. Romeny’s campaign is hitting on all cylinders now, Obama is imploding, but the MSM will not allow this reality to sink in. I expect a scandal or some tape to surface about R&R and the meme..”Game changer” to be used. You don’t think the Maddows, Shultzes, Brian Williams and Scott Pelleys are not digging right now. They want the Magic Negro ensconced for 4 more years, they like their hegemony
Glad to see this in our favor. However, I don’t understand how this moves around. I really detest people without core principles.
I saw one stat (I think in Pew) that said that 46% of Romney voters were set. Wow. That’s almost nearing the point of no return, and very close to blowout territory even if you assume a 50/50 split among the famous “undecideds.”
Communists or just dumb as a damn rock? You decide.
Student loan forgiveness executive order coming up in 3...2...1...
Good thing he’s up here in the two latest polls (and always has been according to our absentee numbers).
My thoughts exactly when I saw this thread!
Romney is up 4-5 minimal, and frankly always has been.
I think you may be right... however I worry every day what tricks the Obamaugabe Regime still has up its sleeve. October surprise?
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