WaPo/ABC tracking Poll Obama 49 (+1) Romney 49

[jezebel]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/edge-on-the-middle-class-helps-obama-counterpunch/

With the election a week away Mitt Romney faces persistent skepticism about his commitment to the middle class, a vulnerability for the Republican challenger that’s keeping the race locked tight – a precise dead heat in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, 49-49 percent.

Barack Obama, for his part, inched to a bare majority in job approval in the latest four-night survey, benefitting from a gradual improvement in economic attitudes – still weak, but trending up. Notably, it’s his first time over 50 percent approval among likely voters in ABC/Post polls since July, just in time to counter what had been underlying momentum for Romney last week.


In one of Obama’s key assets, a broad 66 percent of likely voters continue to say he does more to favor the middle class than the wealthy, a measure that’s held steady even as Romney gained on a range of other attitudes. Just 14 percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, think Obama favors the wealthy.

Romney continues to struggle on the same question: Just 34 percent think that, as president, he’d favor the middle class; virtually the same as it’s been in ABC/Post polls since midsummer. Fifty-three percent think he’d favor the wealthy – enough for trouble.

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[Robbins]

1. Remember

For awhile ABC has had Romney ahead.Now It's tied.Obama has been moving up In Likely voters.He may even have a outright lead among registered voters.

[VirginiaTarheel]

2. Yep, remember they have a pro-GOP likely screen

[aaaaaa5a]

3. Does this mean "Morning Joe" will spend a half hour talking about

the demise of the Romney campaign, like they did against Obama when ABC News had the race 50-47 for Romney barely a week ago?



Just wondering.

[PsychProfessor]

4. My favorite thing about this

Is that it moved the RCP average to Romney +0.8 from Romney +0.9. Come on polls! Somebody knock that Gallup +5 result into history...

[outsideworld]

5. This is actually great news

Potus has been trialing for a while

[outsideworld]

6. This is actually great news

Potus has been trialing for a while

[TroyD]

7. 51% Approval for Obama

Interesting.

That's the same number Gallup had today. Perhaps Gallup got that right afterall.

[TomCADem]

8. So, where is the Obama momentum headline?

Romney gets a little movement, and its momentum.