Has Obama pulled 13 points ahead of Romney in head-to-head
match up? A new national poll says
so. Too early to tell if this new poll
is accurate.
A new Bloomberg poll
conducted June 15-18 has Obama leading Romney by 13 points, 53% to 40% among
LIKELY VOTERS (those who said they would “Definitely Vote” if the election were
held today.) These results appear to be
out of line with other recent
polls that showed the raise essentially tied. This may just be an outlier, so don’t get too
excited. However…..
Overall, the major finding concerning Obama’s lead and other
findings I discuss below are VERY GOOD news for Obama and the Democrats if they
are true. We need to wait to see if
other polls being conducted now and over the next few weeks support the
Bloomberg findings.
Other findings in the Bloomberg poll:
62% think the nation is on the WRONG track about the same as
other polls.
45% say Unemployment/Jobs is the most important issue facing
the country. Only 18% rate the federal
deficit as most important.
Obama has a NET FAVORABLE rating of 55%, about the same as
in other polls.
Romney has a NET FAVORABLE rating of 39% vs 43% in other
polls.
A majority give a FAVORABLE rating to the Democratic Party
(50%) and Bill Clinton (69%)
A majority give an UNFAVORABLE rating to the Republican
Party (50%) and George W. Bush (51%).
A majority APPROVE of Obama’s job performance overall (53%)
and his handling of terrorism (65%) but DISAPPROVE of his performance on the
economy (53%) and the budget deficit (60%).
51% of Obama supporters say their support for Obama is VERY
STRONG. Only 35% of Romney supporters
feel that way about Romney.
55% say Romney is more out of touch with average Americans
vs only 36% who say Obama is out of touch.
Majorities say Obama is best at “understanding their problems
and struggles” (55%) and “dealing with world leaders” (57%). Obama leads Romney slightly 48% to 43% on the
issue of who would do the best job of getting the economy going again.
Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital doesn’t seem
to be helping him very much. 41% rate
his experience as Governor of Massachusetts as more important and nearly half
(49%) say the Bain experience DOES NOT make him better prepared than Obama to
create jobs. Nearly half (49%) say Obama
has laid out a better vision for a successful economic future for the U.S. Only 33% think Romney’s vision is better.
Slightly more than half (51%) in the Bloomberg poll said
that agreed with the Obama/Democratic vision that the federal government should
invest in infrastructure to create jobs).
Only 43% supported the Romney/Republican vision that the federal
government should cut spending and lower taxes.
Read the full Bloomberg poll results here:
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