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spanone

(135,898 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 02:24 PM Oct 2012

m$nbc: NBC/WSJ poll: Presidential contest now tied-- Obama up by 5 with all registered voters

guess they can keep the 'horse race facade' up for two more weeks.....note the third paragraph...if this were reversed it would be called a landslide for gop

But among the wider pool of all registered voters in this new survey, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points, 49 percent to 44 percent.





Heading into Monday's final debate and with just over two weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are now tied nationally, according the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Obama and Romney both get 47 percent among likely voters in the latest edition of the poll, conducted entirely in the aftermath of the second presidential debate last Monday. In the last national NBC/WSJ poll, which was conducted before debate season began, the president held a narrow, three-point lead over his GOP challenger, 49 percent to 46 percent.

But among the wider pool of all registered voters in this new survey, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points, 49 percent to 44 percent.

Looking at some of the most important demographic groups, Romney leads among men (53 percent to 43 percent), Obama is up with women (51 percent to 43 percent) and they are
essentially tied among voters in the Midwest.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/21/14593294-nbcwsj-poll-presidential-contest-now-tied?lite
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m$nbc: NBC/WSJ poll: Presidential contest now tied-- Obama up by 5 with all registered voters (Original Post) spanone Oct 2012 OP
Honest!11! Tied!111!! Watch/listen to/read us to see who wins!!!11! Please!!11!! PSPS Oct 2012 #1
Registered voters.. SCliberal091294 Oct 2012 #2
Wall Street Journal. Nothing else needs to be said. nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #3
msnbc is in the same league. russspeakeasy Oct 2012 #8
Why is anybody talking about national polls? It is not a national election. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #4
do you think me posting on du is feeding the msm horse race narrative? puh leeeeeze spanone Oct 2012 #5
Using a headline that says "contest tied" is ridiculous. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #6
whatever... spanone Oct 2012 #7

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(13,620 posts)
1. Honest!11! Tied!111!! Watch/listen to/read us to see who wins!!!11! Please!!11!!
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Oct 2012

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SCliberal091294

(213 posts)
2. Registered voters..
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 02:27 PM
Oct 2012

Are very important. 42,000 unlikely voters have alread voted in NC. LV polls are hurting us because it is done with a percentage.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
4. Why is anybody talking about national polls? It is not a national election.
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 02:36 PM
Oct 2012

You might as well quote statistics about how many butterflies are in migration today. Both statistics are equally meaningful.

Please stop feeding the MSM "horse race" narrative.

Show me PA, WI, MI, IA< OH, VA all being tied and then we can call it an even race.

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