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Obama up 5 over Romney in latest Fox News poll
Published September 27, 2012
The latest Fox News poll finds the race for the White House holds steady, with 48 percent of likely voters backing the Obama-Biden ticket and 43 percent backing the Romney-Ryan ticket, if the election were held today. That’s unchanged from two weeks ago, after the Democratic convention.
Romney was preferred by one percentage point (45-44 percent) before the two conventions (August 19-21).
The president’s advantage is within the poll’s margin of sampling error.
With six weeks until the election, the poll shows Romney supporters continue to be more enthusiastic, although the gap has narrowed. By a four percentage-point spread, Romney backers are more likely than Obama supporters to say it’s “extremely” important their candidate wins. Before the conventions Romney had a 10-point enthusiasm edge (August 19-21, 2012).
Romney was preferred by one percentage point (45-44 percent) before the two conventions (August 19-21).
The president’s advantage is within the poll’s margin of sampling error.
With six weeks until the election, the poll shows Romney supporters continue to be more enthusiastic, although the gap has narrowed. By a four percentage-point spread, Romney backers are more likely than Obama supporters to say it’s “extremely” important their candidate wins. Before the conventions Romney had a 10-point enthusiasm edge (August 19-21, 2012).
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/27/fox-news-poll-most-voters-want-change-even-as-obama-holds-edge/
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