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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNarrow lead? In 12 battleground states, Pres. Obama has an 8 point advantage in WSJ/NBC poll
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds that Obama edges Mitt Romney 47 percent to 44 percent nationwide. In 12 battleground states identified by the pollsters, Obama has an 8 point lead, beating Romney 50 percent to 42 percent. That's up from 48 percent to 42 percent in May's poll.
link: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/06/poll-obama-maintains-narrow-lead-127383.html
The Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll Wednesday found Obama leading in three swing states:
Florida: Obama 45 -- Romney 41
Ohio: Obama 47 -- Romney 38
Pennsylvania: Obama 45 -- Romney 39.
. . . if Romney had this same margin as Barack Obama, they'd be calling the President's reelection campaign over. It's not a 2008-style margin, but this isn't 2008. It's a testament to his efforts in office and to his campaign to have such a competitive margin of support in the face of such a volatile economy and such a turbulent political year.
Remember, past candidacies have overcome deficits at this point in the election season and gone on to victory in November. We can take heart from these numbers that our efforts in organizing and outreach in support of this President are making a difference where it matters in this campaign. Direct support for the Obama campaign is also expanding and intensifying along with the poll numbers.
Although, there is some apprehension about the money race . . .
from OFA:
The Romney campaign raises more than we do, and the math isn't hard to understand: Through the primaries, we raised almost three-quarters of our money from donors giving less than $1,000, while Mitt Romney's campaign raised more than three-quarters of its money from individuals giving $1,000 or more.
More than 2.2 million Americans have already chipped in for us.
We can be outspent and still winbut we can't be outspent 10 to 1 and still win.
Still, the real strength of the Obama campaign right now is their support from actual individuals. Boston Globe spelled it out:
As of the end of April, 43 percent of the donors who contributed to the Obama campaign gave $200 or less, generating a total of $88.5 million, according to the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan Washington research group. By contrast, only 10 percent of those who gave to former governor Mitt Romneys campaign had made donations of $200 or less, accounting for $9.8 million . . .
While Obama has embarked on a grass-roots fund-raising drive based largely on small donations, as he did four years ago, Romney has relied on contributions from more generous donors to his campaign, and unlimited contributions from wealthy individuals and corporations to the independent super PACs sympathetic to his candidacy . . .
Small donations matter a lot because they indicate enthusiasm and energy for a campaign, said Rob Gray, a Boston political consultant who was an adviser to Republican John McCains 2008 campaign. The shortage of small donors means the Republican and conservative base is not jumping on board with Romney in big numbers - at least not yet.
Obama has a huge advantage there, said Philip W. Johnston, an Obama fund-raiser and former chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, noting Romneys reliance on wealthier donors. Wall Street bankers are unlikely to be knocking on doors in the neighborhood anytime soon.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)....no wonder Trap rMoney is saying they're running out of cash...cause the GOP is holding on the PAC money for themselves.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)malaise
(268,949 posts)That's the role of the corporate media - and the money keeps rolling in. They would sell the entire American democracy for that Citizens United money.
bigtree
(85,989 posts). . . in this election.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)K & R
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Voting equipment.
If it's hackable, the President we will get will be the one that the Powers that be have decided upon.
And right now, 90% of all the people voting in this nation are voting on hackable machinery. (If you vote on paper ballots, find out if it is Opti Scan machinery that counts them, or hand count. Opti Scan is as hackable as everything else.)