New national poll: Obama up by 3

[WI_DEM]

Obama has lost the narrow lead he had held just a month ago among registered voters. In the new poll, 47 percent say they will vote for the president and 44 percent for Romney, a difference that is not statistically significant. The poll also shows that Romney has recovered well from a bruising Republican primary, with more of his supporters saying they are certain to vote for him now.

Still, in a measure of Romney's own vulnerabilities, even some voters who say they support Romney believe the president will still be re-elected. Of all adults polled, 56 percent believe Obama will win a second term.



Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2117737,00.html#ixzz1yR20G8lx

[BeyondGeography]

1. "Poll: Obama, Romney Even Amid Worries"

Would this be the headline if Romney was up 47-44 in their little poll?

Obama's winning. And fuck you, Time.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

2. This is how it works

Romney +2 "Commanding lead for Romney"
Romney +1 "Romney nudges ahead"
Tied "Trouble for Obama"
Obama +1 "Obama and Romney in tie"
Obama +2 "Obama and Romney in dead-heat"
Obama +3 "Obama and Romney in statistical dead-heat"
Obama +4 or over "outlier"

[tallahasseedem]

3. This is a perfect summation!

I think every news outlet has this on file!

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Yup Yup

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Pretty much...

I spoke of this the other day when NBC released their poll that had Obama up four and yet played it off as a tie and laid out why Obama was in trouble. I compared it to a NBC poll from '04 in September that had Bush up 4 and the entire article was 'why Kerry is in trouble...'.

It's so freaking predictable.

[Rosanna Lopez]

6. Today's National Polls

Which poll is this? a TIME poll? I haven't seen that one today. The 2 polls I saw today are PEW (Obama +4) and Associated Press (Obama +3).