(Reuters/Ipsos) Obama maintains post-convention lead over Romney

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Obama maintains post-convention lead over Romney

By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON | Sun Sep 9, 2012 3:28pm EDT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama remained ahead of Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos released on Sunday, maintaining a boost in popularity that followed the Democratic National Convention.

Of the 1,419 likely voters polled online over the previous four days, 47 percent said they would vote for Obama and 43 percent for Romney if the November 6 U.S. election were held today.

The president's margin over Romney in the daily rolling poll was unchanged from Saturday's numbers, turning up the heat on Republican strategists who were hoping for a more muted post-convention "bounce" for Obama in the wake of Friday's release of weak employment numbers.

"It means (Democrats) are on good footing going into the rest of the election," Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/09/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSBRE88619X20120909

[TroyD]

1. So Obama stays at +4 in Ipsos?

I think he was +4 yesterday.

They don't seem to be showing an increase today like Gallup & Rasmussen.

[fugop]

2. I'll take it!

Nice to see Obama holding steady on this one, even with the jobs numbers that the media obsessed over on Friday! Gallup seemed to show the drop in approval on the 3-day rolling poll, so I worried a little about this one. Not so much because I think polls are the whole story, but anything to prevent the press from crowing that the bounce is over. The longer it holds steady, the more the perception remains that Obama is on the rise!

[cilla4progress]

3. So happy!!!!

Hope we can maintain this through Nov, 5!!

[highplainsdem]

4. K&R