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highplainsdem

(49,006 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 02:55 PM Oct 2012

Gallup: Presidential Race Tied Again, Obama Approval Rating Still Above 50 Percent

Source: TPM

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are knotted up in Gallup's second daily tracking poll to use a likely voter sample.

In Wednesday's poll, conducted Oct. 3-9, Obama and Romney each earn the support of 48 percent of likely voters nationwide. On Tuesday, Romney held a 2-point edge.

But even amid a tight presidential race, Obama has maintained his strong approval rating seen recently in Gallup's polling. Wednesday's release shows 53 percent of American adults approve of the job Obama is doing as president, compared with 42 percent who disapprove. Obama's approval rating has been at least 50 percent in seven of the last eight Gallup tracking polls.

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Gallup: Presidential Race Tied Again, Obama Approval Rating Still Above 50 Percent (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2012 OP
More Gallup-y goodness! lowkell Oct 2012 #1
They'll have to work harder to cilla4progress Oct 2012 #2
Isn't there some kind of pessamism pill available for folks like you? RBInMaine Oct 2012 #5
gawd I don't know but if so cilla4progress Oct 2012 #6
You know, it's actually better this way Cary Oct 2012 #3
That's good news Presidentcokedupfratboy Oct 2012 #4

lowkell

(671 posts)
1. More Gallup-y goodness!
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 02:58 PM
Oct 2012
http://bluevirginia.us/diary/7854/excellent-poll-news-from-gallup

Job creation, economic confidence, unemployment rate (7.3% - imagine right wing heads exploding if THAT is the # on 11/2 from BLS!) all looking great!

Cary

(11,746 posts)
3. You know, it's actually better this way
Wed Oct 10, 2012, 03:06 PM
Oct 2012

If we just rolled over "conservatives" without first taunting them a glimmer of hope, the victory wouldn't be as sweet.

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