(Gallup)Obama Now Leads Romney-48% to 43% Represents largest lead for Obama among registered voters

[kpete]

Source: Gallup

Obama Now Leads Romney, 48% to 43%
Represents largest lead for Obama among registered voters since April
by Frank Newport
PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama has maintained at least a slight margin over Mitt Romney in each of the last six Gallup Daily tracking averages, including a 48% to 43% lead among registered voters in the July 2 report, spanning June 25-July 1.



Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/155465/Obama-Leads-Romney.aspx

[Control-Z]

1. K&R

Take that, Rmoney.

[NewJeffCT]

2. That means it's time for more Super PAC money

for more attack ads for Romney

[demosincebirth]

3. I think the more McConnel and Bonner keep talking, the bigger the gap in the polls will be.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. I want to see what it is among Likely voters. Registered voters tell me nothing of import.

[jayfish]

5. Don't Worry

The media will find some way to explain this all away. They'd do the same if he had a 20 point lead.

[tosh]

6. I was polled for that one

on my cellphone.

It had been a long, long time since I was polled by anyone.

[Rozlee]

20. I've never been polled for anything but over-the-counter

medication use. It was a long, dreary poll.

[Deep13]

7. Dear billionaire donors...

fuck you

[SunSeeker]

8. K&R

[Nevernose]

9. People like a winner

And though certainly not perfect, the ACA ruling was a win. I'm sure that's at least part of the bump.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Expect this poll

to have O top out after the convention in early September afterwhich they will bring him back down to "horse race" level by election time. You can see the regular pattern already "forming" in that chart.

[agent46]

11. I'm telling you

They're going to steal this one.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Rachael is right.

At this point in the campaign Romney is supposed to be running to the center but if he does that he will lose his base.

He has to convince them that he hates Obama as much as they do. This is one of the reasons they didn't like McCain. He tried to be civilized. They don't WANT "civilized". They want Romney to get up there and channel their FOX "News" induced rage.

[24601]

13. I've looked at the original story and the numbers don't seem to be disaggregated by state - the only

way electoral votes are counted - other than a handful on anomalous states that allocate down to the congressional district level.

I'll look at state by state numbers about 2 weeks before the election. In 2004, and working with only open polls found on RCP, I missed the Presidential Count by 4 Electoral Votes, was exact on the House count, and missed the Senate by one or two.

No private/inside polling was considered.

My BS was in my school's version of Poly Sci - but as a civil servant, partisan activities are out of bounds for me.

[Kteachums]

14. Did you folks hear CNN today?

CNN announced a poll today that has Romney leading in the battleground states. That is scary! They also showed Obama outspending Romney (amounts) in each state. They brought up the fact that the Super Pac money hasn't started flowing yet. They said the President was begging everyone for money. They showed all his letters asking for $3. They said he was not going to be on top as far a fundraising because he doesn't have the Wal Street money like last time.


They are sure working on bringing Obama down. Everybody stay positive. Our President will win. The American people can't be this foolish.

[Rozlee]

21. What! I saw a poll here on DU

showing Obama leading in all the swing states last week. These polls are all practically contradicting each other on any given day.

[joanbarnes]

15. Uh oh, this will make it harder for sore republican losers to steal yet another election.

[mike dub]

16. CNN poll?

"CNN announced a poll today that has Romney leading in the battleground states. That is scary!"

Is that the same CNN that was spoiling so hard to announce an Obama failure last week that they got the SCOTUS / healthcare ruling wrong? The CNN reporter who called it wrongly-- and Blitzer-- sounded overjoyed to hear of an apparent "failure" for the President. I don't think I'll be putting much stock in their poll.

I do agree / hope that the American people can't be foolish enough to elect Mitt. I just have a feeling that moderate voters who are on the fence are listening to the GOP's b.s. from the sidelines and just don't buy any of it. And I think a certain block of voters who don't adore Obama do prefer him to the gop's whining and Rmoney's flip-flopping.

[Corgigal]

17. Dear Mr or Mrs Gallup

No shit.

Regards,
Corgigal of DU

[primavera]

18. It terrifies me that this race is even close

That there are two digit approval rates for someone like Mittens... I simply can't fathom it.

[Third Doctor]

19. The poll shows

How dumb a lot of american voters.

[Deep13]

22. I'm concerned that the capitalists are trying to tank the economy.

Fair or not, people typically blame the POTUS for a bad economy. And in this case it is partly unfair because the opposition would be much, much worse. The recovery act helped of course, but "not as bad as it could have been" is a tough sell. True that Rs block everything O wants in Congress, but he did appoint Geitner and seems to be buying into the "reduce government" crap.

[tridim]

23. That's a purty divergence!

GoBama!

[truthisfreedom]

24. It's very difficult to run against Obama and his team. Compare today's gas prices with those 4

years ago. $3.38 now, versus $4.07 then. Mitt has no traction. If he calls Obama on something, Obama will have it fixed in a flash. Mitt can't win.