General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRasmussen Tracking: Romney Drops Below 40 Percent Against Obama
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have had the best night on the debate stage in Arizona last night, but Thursday morning wasn't as great -- Romney dropped to 39 percent in Rasmussen's nightly tracking poll of a potential matchup between he and President Obama nationally. Obama got 49 percent, giving him a ten point lead. The Ras tracking numbers use 500 autodial interviews a night and average the results over three days.
As with any polling this cycle, the numbers have been extremely volatile. Romney was down only two points in the Rasmussen tracking data on Monday, and other polling has shown the race much closer.
Here's the TPM Poll Average of the matchup since the beignning of the year.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/rasmussen-tracking-romney-drops-below-40-percent-against
President Obama now holds single-digit leads over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum in hypothetical matchups in the key battleground state of Virginia.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Virginia Voters shows Obama drawing 49% support to Romney's 43%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate in the race, while three percent (3%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
With Santorum as the Republican nominee, Obama holds a 51% to 43% lead. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided.
- more -
Rasmussen
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Not only are they entertaining from a "trainwreck-like" prospective, but the remind the average American voter how batshit crazy the Republican Party has become.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Thanks ProSense.
Inuca
(8,945 posts)I know it;'s early and a gazillion things can still happen between now and Nov., but still it feels good
bayareaboy
(793 posts)Attached to a Wiley-Coyote anvil.
mwb970
(11,287 posts)"Romney dropped to 39 percent in Rasmussen's nightly tracking poll of a potential matchup between he and President Obama nationally."
It's "between HIM and President Obama". "Between he" can never occur in a proper English language sentence.
(/GrammarAlert)
Ishoutandscream2
(6,646 posts)Good job, mwb970.
Response to ProSense (Original post)
Post removed
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)Response to ProSense (Original post)
Post removed
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)They will keep Rmoney's numbers low now so that they can claim momentum and a big comeback later when they present better numbers for him once people start paying attention.
IMO it is all BS