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Related: About this forumNew poll: Majority of Americans say President Obama will be re-elected in '12
http://www.examiner.com/liberal-in-orlando/new-poll-majority-of-americans-say-president-obama-will-be-re-elected-12New poll: Majority of Americans say President Obama will be re-elected in '12
Robert Sobel
The 2012 presidential election is less than one year away and tempers are flying high in the Republican primary. With superpacs spending an unlimited amount of money, the negative ads on television, radio and throughout the internet are overwhelming Americans across the country. As Republicans are poised to remove President Obama from office, President Obama is just waiting for his challenger to so he can plan his political attack. While both sides take their shots at each other, the American people are starting to form their own opinion.
According to a recent poll by pollposition.com, 53% of all Americans believe that President Obama will be re-elected in November's election, while only 40% say he won't be. A surprising statistic from the survey comes from President Obama's home base, the Democratic party. 88% of all Democrats in the survey said that President Obama will be re-elected compared to only 5% who say he won't be and 7% who were undecided. Many have accused President Obama of losing his base, but it doesn't seem like he has. Republicans who were surveyed weren't so optimistic. 69% of all Republicans didn't think President Obama would be elected, but 21% do. The biggest factor in the survey is among independents, the most important group in a general election. Of the independents surveyed, 52% said President Obama would be elected, compared to only 40% who don't think he will be.
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If President Obama is to win re-election in 2012 he needs to do many things. Two of those things is to keep his base excited and to win independents. Though we are still many months away from the election kicking into high gear, these early signs are positive news for the current president.
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New poll: Majority of Americans say President Obama will be re-elected in '12 (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2012
OP
Poll position used a telephone survey for this one....at least thats what I read.
Historic NY
Feb 2012
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Grateful for Hope
(39,320 posts)1. The fact that independents appear to favor Obama is a very good sign.
Thanks for posting this. K&R!
former9thward
(32,064 posts)2. This is an online poll.
Anyone can vote. About as reliable as any other online polls which tend to be mocked here.
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)3. Poll position used a telephone survey for this one....at least thats what I read.
Poll Positions scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.
http://pollposition.com/2011/09/26/our-polling-methodology/
former9thward
(32,064 posts)4. Yes I see that now.
But I have never heard of this group and this is first time I have ever seen one of their polls cited anywhere.
Johnny2X2X
(19,095 posts)5. Duh
He's been a favorite for quite a while now and his odds are getting better and better.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,237 posts)6. K&R
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)7. Damn straight he's going to be re-elected
The pubic hairs are going down.