Romney is 16% ahead of Obama among the independents
Posted on | October 8, 2012 | 3 Comments
Battleground Poll: Romney Up 16 with Independents, Up 13 In Enthusiasm
by John Nolte 8 Oct 2012, 6:10 AM PDT post a comment
In 2008, President Barack Obama won the independent vote over John McCain by a margin of eight points, 52-44. This morning, a new Battleground Poll has Mitt Romney massacring Obama among indies by a whopping 16 points, 51-35.
That’s a 24-point swing among independents since 2008, a group that makes up anywhere from a quarter to a third of voters, and yet Battleground still has Obama in the lead 49-48…?
But if I’m skeptical of those bottom-line numbers, our journalist overlords who have chosen to palace guard instead of question will declare me a “truther.”
The Battleground Poll also shows an 13 point enthusiasm gap in Romney’s favor. Only 73% of Obama’s supporters are “extremely likely” to vote, compared to 86% of Romney’s supporters.
But again, don’t question Battleground’s 49-48% outcome. In fact, don’t question anything anymore — or the media will question you and mock you as a “truther. ” This includes questioning our government about the release of counter-intuitive unemployment statistics very helpful to the president just 30 days out from the election.
Though the media hasn’t yet decided it’s time for a Romney Comeback Narrative, and probably never will, even if he wins — there’s no question Romney is rebounding in every national and swing state poll.
Nationally, Gallup has it all tied up among registered voters — with the president dangerously below 50 at 47%. Rasmussen uses the more reliable likely voter screen and has Romney up 49-47%.
In the Real Clear Politics poll of polls, nationally Romney is only down .09%. A week ago he was down over 4 points.
In Ohio, according to RCP’s poll of polls, Obama’s Ohio lead has shrunk to three — Virginia has Obama only up by 0.3. Florida and Colorado are tied.
The good news for Romney is that we are now seeing polls from each of these states with the GOP nominee in the lead. The bad news for Obama is that in most of these swing state polls, he is not hitting 50.
Well, actually the worst news for Obama is 85% of the calls made for this new Battleground Poll were made prior to Obama humiliating himself in last week’s debate.
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October 8th, 2012 @ 5:02 pm
Sounds great, but the crooked and corrupt way votes and cast and counted now, does this good news really have any meaning at all?
Remember Harry Reid was losing by double digits in polls taken in his State of Nevada the day before the Election.
Harry Reid won that Election, which just happened to be run by his son.
Nice to have your son in a strategic position.
October 8th, 2012 @ 5:03 pm
Sounds great, but the crooked and corrupt way votes are cast and counted now, does this good news really have any meaning at all?
Remember Harry Reid was losing by double digits in polls taken in his State of Nevada the day before the Election.
Harry Reid won that Election, which just happened to be run by his son.
Nice to have your son in a strategic position.
October 8th, 2012 @ 5:48 pm
What’s gonna happen to oBIwahn when Ryan unsaves Private Biden in the expose of Cleft Wing ineptness during their upcoming debate?
Is Joey going to claim again that he finished in the upper percentiles… or was it upper half?… of his law school class, when he was actually near the bottom?
Is he going to have an answer about why his son was a mortgage industry lobyist, and was asked by dada to do something else because of the 2008 campaign, then was ‘helped’ in finding another cush DC job?
Is oBIMA’s ability to run things going to be called into question as a result of having chosen Biden…… twice?