A new Dispatch Poll shows him trailing President Barack Obama in bellwether Ohio by 9 points, 51 percent to 42 percent. A surge of Democratic support for Obama has transformed the race since the first Dispatch Poll had the two dead-even at 45 percent just before the Republican National Convention in late August. The survey…
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Obama Beats Romney as Better for Middle-Income Americans
More Americans believe middle-income earners would be better off in four years if President Barack Obama is re-elected than if Mitt Romney wins, by 53% to 43%. The public also says lower-income Americans would be better off under an Obama presidency, while, by an even larger margin, they say upper-income Americans would do better under…
Obama Approval, Vote Support Both Reach 50% or Better
President Barack Obamas job approval rating has been 50% or higher in each of the last four Gallup Daily tracking figures, including a 51% rating in the latest three-day rolling average, from Sept. 23-25. This nearly matches the level of approval for Obama that Gallup found at the end of the Democratic National Convention earlier…
Latest Swing State Polls
Here are the latest polls from the battleground states, updated as needed through the day:Florida: Obama 53%, Romney 44% (NYT/CBS/Quinnipiac)Ohio: Obama 53%, Romney 43% (NYT/CBS/Quinnipiac)Pennsylvania: Obama 54%, Romney 42% (NYT/CBS/Quinnipiac) via Latest Swing State Polls.
Weekly Address: Congress Must Act to Create Jobs and Grow the Economy
President Obama describes how the House of Representatives left town without finishing important work that would create jobs and strengthen our economy.
As Polls Show Romney Trailing In Swing States, Obama Edges Towards 270 Goal
So there is evidence of voters changing their mind as the finish line approaches. But this year there doesn’t seem to be much movement in the polls, and certainly not towards Romney. In my July 9 column, my projections had Obama with 247 electoral votes to Romney’s 206, with 270 needed to win. Eighty-five electoral…
Latest Swing State Polls
Here are the today’s swing state polls, updated as needed throughout the day:Colorado: Obama 51%, Romney 45% (Public Policy Polling)Florida: Obama 50%, Romney 45% (American Research Group)Iowa: Obama 51%, Romney 44% (American Research Group)Michigan: Obama 54%, Romney 42% (Rasmussen)North Carolina: Obama 49%, Romney 45% (Civitas)Nevada: Obama 51%, Romney 44% (American Research Group)Wisconsin: Obama 53%, Romney…
Poll: Obama opens up big 14-point lead in Wisconsin
The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Obama leading Romney among likely Wisconsin voters, 54 percent to 40 percent. The PollTracker Average currently shows Obama leading Romney by 6.3 points in Wisconsin, eclipsing the 50 percent threshold in the last month. MORE: Poll: Obama opens up big 14-point lead in Wisconsin | TPM2012….
Univision Hosts Presidential Forums
Spanish language network Univision will broadcast the first of two one-on-one presidential forums Wednesday night. GOP presidential nominee will be the first candidate to appear, and President Obama will answer questions Thursday night. Univision’s Meet The Candidates Forum will air in Spanish Wednesday and Thursday at 10 p.m. EDT. The interviews will be available simultaneously…
Mitt Romney: Barack Obama may lie in debates
“This is a campaign which I think will come into focus as the debates occur,” Romney said, according to a transcript released by ABC of Romney’s sit-down with “Good Morning America’s” George Stephanopoulos. “The president got a bit of a bump after his convention. I got a bit of a bump after ours. It’s going…
Why Barack Obama is winning
Obama’s durability, according to polling and interviews, is the result of a unique connection with voters as someone who broke racial barriers in 2008, his ability to evade much the blame for the recession and a brutally effective campaign. Romney’s inability to capitalize on trends with the economy and national mood that would normally create…
Poll: Low approval of Mitt Romney’s remarks
Romney made a statement criticizing Obama’s response to the protests and accused him of apologizing for American values and sympathizing with the rioters. Critics, including many Republicans, criticized his tone and timing, and questioned the accuracy of his accusations. There was a sharp partisan divide in approval of how Romney and Obama each dealt with…
Obama Up by 4 Points Among Likely Voters (58% of Americans Say He’d Take Romney in a Fight)
With fifty-four days to go, voter opinions are coming into focus, and Esquire and Yahoo! News have joined forces to examine how voters view the presidential candidates and how President Obama and Mitt Romney conduct themselves: Who do you trust to take us to war? Who better understands American families? Who’s a bigger liar? What…
Obama Appoints As Many Women Judges In One Term As Bush Did in Two
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Judge Stephanie Rose to a federal court in Iowa, making her the 72nd woman appointed to the federal bench by President Obama. Coincidentally, 72 is also the same number of women President George W. Bush appointed to the bench during his entire presidency — meaning that Obama accomplished in under one term…
Obama Fundraising Edges Out Romney In August : NPR
President Obama and Democrats pulled slightly ahead of Mitt Romney and Republicans in monthly fundraising in August for the first time in four months. Obama raised more than $114 million in August, and Romney brought in just over $111 million. The two campaigns announced their fundraising numbers early Monday. It’s a sharp increase for Obama,…
5 Ways the Obama Administration Revived the Auto Industry by Reducing Oil Use
In addition to the successful bridge loans there are five other major Obama administration policies that helped the auto industry and the nation by creating jobs, reducing oil use, saving families money, and cutting pollution: Fuel-economy and carbon-pollution standards for 2012 to 2016 model cars sparked job growth in automobile manufacturing and increased automobile sales….
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
The leading economic forecasters all believe that at its peak the stimulus added about 2-4% to GDP, the difference between contraction and growth, and saved or created about 2.5 million jobs. (“Saved or created” has become a punchline—Obama joked after his annual Thanksgiving pardon that he had just saved or created four turkeys—but it simply…
Picking Ryan: Why Romney Changed to Obama’s Game
In choosing Ryan, Romney, in effect, both acknowledged and granted the validity of that latter set of criticisms. As my colleague Jonathan Chait and others have written, Ryan has become the de facto ideological and intellectual leader of the contemporary GOP. His agenda of turning Medicare into a voucher program, bloc-granting and taking the meat…
Obama Super-PAC Plans $30 Million Battleground Ad Blitz
Priorities USA Action, the super-PAC backstopping President Obama’s presidential campaign, isn’t about to let the GOP money machine steamroll the president this fall. To bolster Obama, Priorities is ramping its anti-Romney campaign by buying up $30 million in broadcast and cable TV time in six crucial battleground states—Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, the…
When Congress fails
The Obama administration is acting unilaterally to give states more flexibility in designing their welfare programs. This is something Republican and Democratic governors have wanted for some time, and the White House has been clear that they do not intend to permit states to ease up on work requirements — ““no plan that undercuts the…