REUTERS: Barack Obama is maintaining a small but---significant---ead over Mitt Romney

[kpete]

Ipsos/Reuters Poll: August 2012

Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Washington, D.C. - These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted for Reuters from August 2-6, 2012.
The economy and jobs remains the #1 issue for Americans, with 45% selecting is as the most important problem facing the country.

Last week’s job report does not help significantly. 41% of Americans say the August unemployment data (8.3% +163k jobs) made them feel worse about the state of the US economy.

Barack Obama is maintaining a small but significant lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the presidency. This month we have Obama at +7 over Romney (up from +6 last month) among registered voters.
Obama’s lead is buttressed by continued perception of this strength vis a vis Romney on foreign and (non-economic) domestic issues.

On economic issues, the candidates are more closely matched. Currently Obama is up slightly (46 to 44) after trailing slightly last month. This metric will be the most important indicator of Romney’s success in branding himself as an alternative to Obama on the most important issue of the day.
Almost all Americans (83%) have seen some of the tv commercials about the 2012 race.

http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5715

[ananda]

1. I don't think Obama's lead is small.

I think it's much higher.

[rwork]

2. a small

lead would be 1 or 2 points.

[demosincebirth]

4. I agree. What they do is try and catch you attention then give you the coplete opposite

[Thrill]

3. 7% in a National Election is now considered small

Thats fine if they want to manipulate the news like that. Democrats don't need to get comfortable?

[JoePhilly]

5. So its like Jumbo Shrimp ... Small but also Significant? Idiots.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. +7 is not small IMHO

but we shouldn't take his victory for granted by any means. We need to make sure that everybody whom wants to vote for President Obama CAN in November. However, we are in August now and Mitt is still floundering around. I expect him to get a slight boost with his VP pick, as well as during the RNC when there will be wall-to-wall coverage of Republican propaganda, lies, distortion, etc. but I expect the DNC and especially the debates to quell any significant "Mitt-mentum". Of course, Romney's doing a lot to quell any momentum on his own, actually.

[L0oniX]

7. REUTERS makes itself invalid for legit info.