Poll: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck ahead of party conventions

[cash__whatiwant]

AMPA — The Republican National Convention opens this week with President Obama and presumptive nominee Mitt Romney running evenly, with voters more focused on Obama’s handling of the nation’s flagging economy than on some issues dominating the political debate in recent weeks.


A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Romney at 47 percent among registered voters and Obama at 46 percent — barely changed from the deadlocked contest in early July.

The findings continue a months-long pattern, with neither the incumbent nor the challenger able to sustain clear momentum, despite airing hundreds of millions of dollars in television ads — most of them negative — and exchanging some of the harshest early rhetoric seen in a modern presidential campaign.

Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate also did not fundamentally reshape the race, although the GOP’s conservative base has grown more enthusiastic about the ticket — but no more so about the chances of beating Obama in November.

Enthusiasm — or a lack thereof — will be on display as Republicans and Democrats hold their conventions over the next two weeks. The two parties will make their pitches to an electorate stuck in a deeply pessimistic mood. More than eight in 10 give the economy negative marks and nearly seven in 10 see the country as seriously off track — an assessment that has not changed significantly all year.

The Post-ABC survey highlights the dominance of the economy as an issue in the 2012 election. Seventy-two percent of voters say the president’s handling of the economy will be a “major factor” in their vote this November.

Fewer voters place great significance on other issues that have roiled the campaign, including newly minted GOP vice presidential candidate’s plan to restructure Medicare, differences between the parties on women’s issues and Romney’s handling of his tax returns.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-obama-romney-neck-and-neck-ahead-of-party-conventions/2012/08/26/62882360-efc3-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html more

[Summer Hathaway]

1. This just in ...

The media needs this race to be close, all the way to the finish line.

And so, according to them, it will be.

[TroyD]

2. Dangerous

It's dangerous when they try to keep it close.

It would be disastrous if 2000 happened all over again.

[TroyD]

3. Rasmussen has Obama ahead (+3) today

Is Rasmussen up to something, or are these legitimate numbers?

Monday, August 27, 2012

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows President Obama attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns 44% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.

This is the president’s biggest lead since May. His 47% level of support matches his best since March.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[gkhouston]

4. Neck and neck? Sure, if Romney's a giraffe.

Every time I hear a "likely voter" number, I wonder who decided what "likely" is... and remember that this election doesn't seem very "likely" to begin with.

[otohara]

5. National Polls - Don't Mean Shit

This is where McCain/Obama was in 2008

I wish people would stop posting these useless polls.