Poll: Independents and men boost Obama

[Geee]

TheHill:

President Obama has opened up a 7-point lead over Mitt Romney nationally, according to a CNN-ORC poll released on Thursday.

 

Obama leads Romney 52 percent to 45, according to the poll.

While Obama is only up by 4 percentage points nationally, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, the CNN-ORC survey is the second poll this week to show Obama with a 7-point lead. Obama led Romney 49 percent to 42, according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll released earlier this week.

Obama’s lead in the CNN-ORC poll is buoyed by men and independents — two groups that until recently had favored Romney. Obama leads 53 percent to 42 among independents, and has a 6 percentage point advantage among men.

Romney’s unfavorability rating climbed considerably in the poll. While his favorability rating remained steady at 47, those who view him negatively climbed from 42 percent to 49.

It’s the second poll this week to show a rise in Romney’s unfavorables. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday showed that while 40 percent of voters say they hold favorable views on Romney, a number unchanged since May, those with negative views grew from 45 percent to 49.

Romney was plagued by a historically low favorability rating throughout the Republican primaries, and the latest polling data is a sign the presumptive GOP nominee could be failing to connect with voters with only three months until Election Day.

Perhaps contributing to Romney’s slide in favorability has been the Obama campaign’s attempt to portray the former Massachusetts governor as out-of-touch due to his considerable wealth.

[pollyannaish]

The polls are really confusing this year. Yesterday I saw a Rasmussen poll that said Romney was up by 4. Weird.

[Pepper]

@pollyannaish

 

Perhaps contributing to Romney’s slide in favorability has been the Obama campaign’s attempt to portray the former Massachusetts governor as out-of-touch due to his considerable wealth.

 

It must be working, I feel so in-touch with Obama since he is a racist divisive Marxist that I may vote for him in the fall.

[Geee]

I was surprised that they said men were caving. It is usually the women who cave.