Mitt Romney earning 50% - President Obama 43%

Daily tracking poll...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Mitt Romney earning 50% of the vote and President Obama attracting 43% support. Four percent (4%) would vote for a third party candidate, while another three percent (3%) are undecided.

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This is the first time Romney has reached the 50% level of support and is his largest lead ever over the president. It comes a week after a disappointing jobs report that raised new questions about the state of the economy. See tracking history.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) give the president good or excellent marks for his handling of the economy. Forty-eight percent (48%) say he’s doing a poor job. Consumer confidence has slipped four points since last week’s government report on job creation and unemployment. The number who believe their personal finances are getting better slipped from 30% a week ago to 28% today. The number who fear their finances are getting worse increased from 43% before the jobs report to 47% today.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... cking_poll

Backlash from the gay marriage issue?

Speculation on Fox was that Obama "evolved" on gay marriage to take the poor employment numbers off the frint page, but like you said, it might end up being a one-two punch.

Like what Rush said yesterday, people when called by pollsters might say they are fine with homosexual marriage, but in the privacy of the polling booth, gay marriage continues to lose, 40+ times.

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote: Backlash from the gay marriage issue?

Hoepfully not. Issues fade fast. General dissapointment in job performance fades slower.

I'm sure this will change after Obama's media cheerleaders dig up some nasty stuff Romney did when he was in kindergarden.

lol CB

So what will the King send Biden out to say next to distract us from the economy tanking.

akilina wrote: lol CB

So what will the King send Biden out to say next to distract us from the economy tanking.

This poll should shake the Dems up a bit.

Incorrect, the Left will just attack the pollsters. "Rasmussen is a Republican mole."

They'll blame it on Republican lies and propoganda, and insist that when "the truth" comes out, the numbers will shift.

Unfortunately, the numbers will shift due to Democratic lies and propoganda.

In general, my opinion of the voters in this country has fallen drastically in the last 10 years. They are so easilly swayed by sound bites and internet innuendo. It's pitiful.

Nobody that matters wrote: They'll blame it on Republican lies and propoganda, and insist that when "the truth" comes out, the numbers will shift.

Unfortunately, the numbers will shift due to Democratic lies and propoganda.

In general, my opinion of the voters in this country has fallen drastically in the last 10 years. They are so easilly swayed by sound bites and internet innuendo. It's pitiful.

Yeah, they could have had "The Geezer and Gidget"... Maybe they aren't so stupid after all...

It's 6 months until the elections...The polls are going to be up and down between now and then...just like the stock-market...just like the numbers on the economy. For someone to pull a Rasmussen poll today and crow about it is, as usual, laughable.

LadyJazzer wrote:

Nobody that matters wrote: They'll blame it on Republican lies and propoganda, and insist that when "the truth" comes out, the numbers will shift.

Unfortunately, the numbers will shift due to Democratic lies and propoganda.

In general, my opinion of the voters in this country has fallen drastically in the last 10 years. They are so easilly swayed by sound bites and internet innuendo. It's pitiful.

Yeah, they could have had "The Geezer and Gidget"... Maybe they aren't so stupid after all...

It's 6 months until the elections...The polls are going to be up and down between now and then...just like the stock-market...just like the numbers on the economy. For someone to pull a Rasmussen poll today and crow about it is, as usual, laughable.

Right... because you never use a Rasmussen poll and crow about it...

JSG wrote: The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, dropped two points on Saturday to 90.7. The Consumer Index is up six points from a week ago, four points from a month ago and is up 18 from three months ago.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... umer_index

LadyJazzer wrote: Thanks JSG...

Boy, facts are a bitch...

And it's only the strip malls in the poor and middle class neighborhoods that are going empty. The 1% are still on a spending binge... (It's supposed to "trickle down", isn't it?)

You're right... facts are a bitch... Romney 50% - Obama 43%... (you took the bait right on schedule).