Thread: Poll: Obama tops all leading Republicans by wide margin

Raw Story
By Reuters

Poll: Obama tops all leading Republicans by wide margin

Obama's approval rating inched up 1 percentage point from May to 50 percent but the number of Americans who believe the country is on the wrong track also rose as pricier gasoline, persistently high unemployment and a weak housing market chipped away at public confidence.

Obama leads all potential Republican challengers by double-digit margins, the poll showed. He is ahead of his closest Republican rival, former Massachusetts governorMitt Romney, by 13 percentage points -- 51 percent to 38 percent.

"Obama's position has gotten a little stronger over the last couple of months as the public mood has evened out, and as an incumbent he has some big advantages over his rivals," Ipsos pollster Cliff Young said.

"Until Republicans go through a primary season and select a nominee, they are going to be at a disadvantage in the head-to-head matchups in name recognition."

Obama, who got a boost in the polls last month with the killing of al Qaeda leaderOsama bin Laden, is amassing an election campaign warchest likely to be larger than the record $750 million he raised in 2008.

Sarah Palin and Romney lead the Republicans battling for the right to challenge Obama in the November 2012 election.

Palin, the party's vice presidential nominee in 2008, had the support of 22 percent of the Republicans surveyed. The former governor of Alaska has not said whether she will run for president next year.

Romney, who failed in a 2008 presidential bid, had 20 percent support.

Representative Ron Paul, a libertarian Republican from Texas, and former pizza executive Herman Cain were tied for third with 7 percent each.

REPUBLICAN RACE STILL FORMING

The Republican candidates are just starting to engage in their slow-starting nomination race. Young said Palin and Romney had a clear advantage at this stage over other challengers in name recognition among voters.

Other surveys have shown Romney in a stronger position. A Washington Post-ABC News poll earlier this week gave Romney a slight lead over Obama among registered voters.

In the Reuters/Ipsos poll, the other Republican contenders fared even worse than Romney's 13-point gap in a match-up with Obama. Palin trailed Obama by 23 points and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was behind by 19 points.

The survey was taken after weak jobs and housing figures released last week showed the U.S. economy is recovering slower than expected. Unemployment rose slightly to 9.1 percent for the month.

The poll found 60 percent of respondents said the country is on the wrong track, up from 56 percent in May but still below April's high of 69 percent. In the latest survey, 35 percent said the country is going in the right direction.

Obama's approval rating has drifted in a narrow range between 49 percent and 51 percent since January, with the exception of April when the first spike in gasoline prices drove his rating lower.

With Congress battling over a Republican budget plan that includes scaling back the federal Medicare health program for the elderly, the poll found a plurality of Americans, 43 percent, oppose the Medicare cuts and 37 percent support them.

The poll, conducted Friday through Monday, surveyed 1,132 adults nationwide by telephone, including 948 registered voters. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.

Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/08/p ... 3-percent/

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Not according to Rasmussen Election 2012: Generic Presidential Ballot
Generic Republican Candidate 45%, Obama 42% Tuesday June 7th For the second week in a row, a generic Republican candidate edges President Obama 45% to 42% among Likely U.S. Voters in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Three percent (3%) favor some other candidate, and 10% remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

In weekly surveys since the beginning of May, support for both the president and a generic Republican have remained in the narrow range of 42% to 45%. Rasmussen Reports will provide new data on this generic matchup each week until the field of prospective Republican nominees narrows to a few serious contenders.

Interestingly, however, while 54% of voters view Obama as qualified to be president, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the only Republican 2012 hopeful that a sizable number of voters considers qualified for the White House. Forty-nine percent (49%) say Romney is qualified to be president.

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The national survey of 3,500 Likely Voters was conducted May 30-June 5, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

In every matchup tested so far this year against potential GOP challengers, the president’s support has stayed between 42% and 49%. An incumbent who earns support below 50% is generally considered politically vulnerable. The president’s total job approval ratings are a good indicator of what percentage of the vote he may earn in the 2012 presidential race. Aside from a brief bounce in support following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Obama’s approval ratings have hovered in the high 40s for the past 18 months. The president earns support from 79% of Democrats, while 84% of GOP voters favor a generic Republican candidate. Voters not affiliated with either political party are evenly divided.

Among men, the generic Republican holds an eight-point advantage over Obama, while the two candidates are almost tied among women. Those under the age of 40 heavily favor the incumbent, while their elders support the Republican candidate. Middle-income voters give the nod to the generic GOP candidate.

Fifty-two percent (52%) of white voters back the Republican. Most blacks (96%) and the plurality (44%) of voters of other races favor Obama.

A majority of voters continue to feel that tax cuts and decreases in government spending will help the U.S. economy. But most voters believe government spending will increase under the Obama administration, and only seven percent (7%) think their taxes will go down on his watch.

Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law passed last year and believe the legislation will increase the federal deficit.

As they have since June 2009, Republicans lead Democrats on the weekly Generic Congressional Ballot.

But voters for the first time feel the agenda of congressional Republicans is nearly as extreme as that of Democrats in Congress.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... ial_ballot

Well Hell ...

Kim Jung Ill of North Korea has 138% support from the population according to State Run Media

Venezuela President has 97% support from the population according to State Run Media

Why Shouldnt Broke ass Obama have Positive Poll Numbers from State Run Media

Pravda State Run Media
ABC
CBS
NBC
CNBC
NPR
and sometimes FAUX News

It is what it is ... Prepare for Amazing Numbers for the Crack Head from State Run Media

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

Well Hell ...

Kim Jung Ill of North Korea has 138% support from the population according to State Run Media

Venezuela President has 97% support from the population according to State Run Media

Why Shouldnt Broke ass Obama have Positive Poll Numbers from State Run Media

Pravda State Run Media
ABC
CBS
NBC
CNBC
NPR
and sometimes FAUX News

It is what it is ... Prepare for Amazing Numbers for the Crack Head from State Run Media

Yep,this Is just a left wing media spin job from the liberal liars. Just like the numbers that they make up on the economy. We are STILL IN A RECESSION,and we are heading Into a depression !! Obama Is gone In 2012,It's just a matter of who will beat him quite soundly !!!

I am not buying it, MSM is using the polls to manipulate opinion and make us think that Obama is sailing along when actually his rating is in the crapper.

Lies Lies and more lies everywhere!

Originally Posted by April

I am not buying it, MSM is using the polls to manipulate opinion and make us think that Obama is sailing along when actually his rating is in the crapper.

Lies Lies and more lies everywhere!

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Of course your not buying it.

Recall 2009 when we all said Obama didn't have a snowball's chance in hell.

Will the GOP give us another McCain?

2009 deja vu?

No more R I N O S

Originally Posted by topsecret10

No more R I N O S

OR GLOBALIST'S

Obama Approval Rating On Economy At New Low http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... w-low.html