Reuters/Ipsos: Obama's lead over Romney grows despite voters' pessimism

[Drunken Irishman]

Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the future but voters do not seem to be holding it against Democratic President Barack Obama, who slightly expanded his lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney this month, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll says.

Three months before the November 6 presidential election, nearly two-thirds of Americans think the country is moving in the wrong direction. Only 31 percent say it is moving in the right direction - the lowest number since December 2011.

But Obama's lead over Romney among registered voters was 49 percent to 42 percent, up slightly from the 6-point advantage the president held a month earlier over the former Massachusetts governor.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/us-usa-campaign-poll-idUSBRE8770SL20120808

Poor Romney. Even when he should be rising in the polls, he's sinking.

[Tarheel_Dem]

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