First PPP 2012 Poll - Obama +5 on Romney

[Hawaii Hiker]

Obama leads Romney 68-27 w/moderates, and 66-30 w/Hispanics...

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/01/obama-up-5-on-romney-nationally.html

[Broderick]

1. gitty up

[denem]

2. Shhh ....

[cthulu2016]

3. Good. I have noticed that large moderate figure in other polls

where Obama simultaneously trails slightly among independents, suggestig that a big cohort of independents are self-identified non-moderates. Interesting.

PPP is pretty good. I suspect this pollis a pretty good snapshot.

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

[opihimoimoi]

5. KnR #5 Its gonna be Brutal ... I can see it now.... ouch....

Obama gonna sweep the elections

[LonePirate]

6. Assuming O polls liberals at the same rate as R polls for conservatives, how is he only up by 5?

The sample of moderates must be exceptionally small.

[WI_DEM]

8. because, belileve it or not, there are more conservatives in the US than liberals

[LonePirate]

9. Mods were the most polled at 27% which does not explain how that 41pt lead drops to 5pts.

The poll would have to sample conservatives at almost three times the rate of liberals to overcome that difference in moderates. A quick glance of the poll's internals do not match with the final result during my quick review. Maybe there is a likely to vote algorithm applied to the findings.

I call BS on this poll for now.

[DCBob]

14. Those are self identified labels.

Many Democrats dont like the liberal label and call themselves moderates.

[SlimJimmy]

19. That's correct. But more to the point, I don't and won't look at any polling data

that is more than two months out from the election. All this talk of landslides and the GOP's demise is counterproductive in my opinion. Let's concentrate on getting out the vote and getting out the message. If we do that, the polls will take care of themselves.

Those are self identified labels.

Many Democrats don't like the liberal label and call themselves moderates.

[DCBob]

21. No one should be talking about landslides..

but it is helpful to see how the electorate is thinking even at this early date and the best way to do that is with polling.

[SlimJimmy]

26. I do understand what you are saying, but I just don't believe the polling is reliable at this

point. I mean, look at how many times the lead has changed in the GOP primary so far. And then there will be the big onslaught of attack ads against the President. I'll start looking at the polls after a few months of that to determine the true direction of the voting public.

[phleshdef]

12. Liberals are an ideological minority in this country.

I say that as a proud member of that minority, but it is what it is.

[DCBob]

16. And many Democrats dont like the label..

so they call themselves moderates.

[phleshdef]

17. And some people have a lot of liberal positions without even realizing it.

And they go vote for whoever, a lot of times against their best interests, without even realizing it.

[DCBob]

18. For sure.

Almost everyone has some liberal viewpoints.

[WI_DEM]

7. Oh my! Very liberal approve of Obama's job performance by 80-18 percent.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. Let's hope these numbers hold up & grow. It'll be interesting to watch Romney transition from....

the teanuttery he's had to spout to get the nomination. All Obama should have to do is yell, "Roll tape, please"!

[FrenchieCat]

11. So now....

We just have to actually show up and vote!

The media will work hard at making it close, cause they like and need
those advertising dollars, so don't let this poll fool ya!.......and understand
that this may be what they want right now, at a time when it still matters little!
Romney still has to win the nomination, and choose a Veep....
and Europe still looks fragile, and so I say....
We will have to work hard for this win, no matter how it looks according to current polls!

[ingac70]

13. That sounds more like it. n/t

[DCBob]

15. Nice! This is very good news.

The details are encouraging also.

[spooky3]

20. The poll says Colbert is more popular than any Republican candidate...

"36% of voters have a favorable opinion of him to 28% with a negative one. His 36% favorability is better than the entire GOP field. Romney's at 35%, Santorum at 30%, Paul at 27%, Gingrich at 26%, and Perry at 21%. Colbert's popular with Democrats (47/21) and independents (43/26) but not with Republicans (18/39) despite his best efforts to run as one of their Presidential candidates."

[Yavin4]

22. Of Course the Media Will Hype Polls Showing Obama Ahead

because they want that Romney Super Pac money to buy ads on their stations, while they "tut" "tut" negative advertising.

[Tx4obama]

23. More Latest Polls on the link below

Obama is whooping 'em all

Here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

[flamingdem]

24. Ride 'em bucko

slammmm

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

25. And he hasn't even started campaigning yet...

[Surya Gayatri]

27. One great big K & R two minutes

before blackout. Excellent news to take with me into the 18 hours of darkness.
SG

[Gman]

28. Who TF are the 30% Hispanics

I mean WTF? What are they thinking? I can understand 10%...