Wed Sep 19, 2012, 04:49 PM

Obama Leads Romney in Latest Poll

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Source: Pew Research Center

19 September 2012 With an eight-point lead over Mitt Romney among likely voters, Barack Obama holds a bigger September lead than the last three candidates who went on to win in November, including Obama four years ago. In elections since 1988, only Bill Clinton, in 1992 and 1996, entered the fall with a larger advantage.

Read more: http://pewresearch.org/

Folks, this is quite huge indeed!

51% to 43%! That's LIKELY voters! EIGHT points!

A more in-depth reporting on this can be found here - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/2012-polls-obama-lead_n_1897591.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Obama Leads Romney in Latest Poll (Original post)	NRaleighLiberal	Sep 2012	OP
I am basking in all these great polls but	montanacowboy	Sep 2012	#1
I know what you mean.	ailsagirl	Sep 2012	#8
Yippee!	Iliyah	Sep 2012	#2
I think this is a duplicate of an existing LBN thread	muriel_volestrangler	Sep 2012	#3
Sure, can do that!	NRaleighLiberal	Sep 2012	#9
E vote fraud is useless with this type of split.	McCamy Taylor	Sep 2012	#4
You Ain't Seen NOTHIN' Yet	bucolic_frolic	Sep 2012	#5
Right, all the right has now is negativity and slander, people are TURNED OFF by that nonsense...	johnnyrocket	Sep 2012	#7
Negative ads may actually reflect their soulless, money to burn selves.	SleeplessinSoCal	Sep 2012	#11
Time to work harder than ever...this is far from over.	Ken Burch	Sep 2012	#6
The religious group poll is interesting. In Romneyland they'd have to pick up those left behind.	SleeplessinSoCal	Sep 2012	#10
Very promising but I won't celebrate until it's final!!	hue	Sep 2012	#12
And this was before Romney wrote off 47% of the electorate	Alexander	Sep 2012	#13

Response to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 04:53 PM

montanacowboy (3,377 posts)

1. I am basking in all these great polls but

I keep having this nagging feeling that on election night some SOB Secretaries of State will somehow pull it out of the bag for that friggin cretin

After Gore and Kerry got screwed, no lead will be big enough to make me feel comfortable

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Response to montanacowboy (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:24 PM

ailsagirl (9,580 posts)

8. I know what you mean.

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I can't even be "cautiously optimistic," because of the shenanigans of 2000 & 2004.

But I'll keep watching and waiting and hoping that our guy wins, but never will I assume it's a done deal. Well, if he wins, of course, but until then, "once bitten, twice shy."

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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 04:54 PM

Iliyah (2,329 posts)

2. Yippee!

Still vote, vote, vote. . . . don't take nothing for granted cause the GOP will steal it!

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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:03 PM

muriel_volestrangler (65,276 posts)

3. I think this is a duplicate of an existing LBN thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014237434

which links straight to the Pew page with the poll results (and already has 5 recs). Maybe you could add the Huffington Post in-depth reporting to that thread?

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Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:28 PM

NRaleighLiberal (28,577 posts)

9. Sure, can do that!

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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:05 PM

McCamy Taylor (13,710 posts)

4. E vote fraud is useless with this type of split.

The best E-vote fraud can manage is 3-4 %---and that is only if there is a Green candidate on the ballot to whom Democratic votes can be shifted. Without a Green, they can't get away with more than 2%, otherwise the exit polls will catch them. And this time, the press will not sit on incriminating exit polls, since they hate the Tea Parties and they hate Citizens United (which is a GOP effort to usurp the political power of the press) and they hate Mitt Romney.

However, any GOP election workers who are reading this should go ahead and try to steal votes. That way, Eric Holder will be able to arrest you after the election and send you to prison for a long time---which will keep you from trying to steal votes for Brother Jeb in 2016.

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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:10 PM

bucolic_frolic (708 posts)

5. You Ain't Seen NOTHIN' Yet

Just wait until Obama Campaign kicks it into high gear

and steps on the gas

He has adequate cash, a lead, an organization, a ground game,
an improving economy, and an opponent's had his wings clipped.

What can we do to help? Are you doing your part? have you
called your local County Democratic Headquarters to volunteer?

My first meeting is this Saturday.

Every Democratic candidate needs support at all levels, Federal,
state, local.

You will meet great people, make that phone call NOW!

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Response to bucolic_frolic (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:22 PM

johnnyrocket (1,325 posts)

7. Right, all the right has now is negativity and slander, people are TURNED OFF by that nonsense...

...I'm not sure even 100 of millions spent at this point will matter, it's diminishing returns on PR for a defective product.

PEOPLE AIN'T BUYING IT!

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Response to johnnyrocket (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:33 PM

SleeplessinSoCal (1,630 posts)