Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:25 PM

Obama at 49 pct, Romney 46 pct nine days before election: Reuters Poll

Source: Rueters/FP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has extended his narrow lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney among likely voters in a race that remains statistically tied nine days before the election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Sunday.

Obama has a 49 percent to 46 percent edge over Romney, marking a 1 point increase from Saturday but still within the daily online survey’s 4 percentage-point credibility interval for likely voters.

Swings could be possible in the remaining days of the campaign, however. Fifteen percent of registered voters say they could still change their minds and vote for a different candidate.

The precision of Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 4.0 percentage points for likely voters.

Read more: http://www.firstpost.com/world/obama-at-49-pct-romney-46-pct-nine-days-before-election-reuters-poll-506135.html

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Obama at 49 pct, Romney 46 pct nine days before election: Reuters Poll (Original post)	trailmonkee	Oct 2012	OP
And there's still this:	proud2BlibKansan	Oct 2012	#1
And that map is a joke	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Oct 2012	#10
This last week is going to be challenging	deadbrokediva	Oct 2012	#2
good post.	secondwind	Oct 2012	#3
+1 n/t	azurnoir	Oct 2012	#5
I'm not a bit worried about those "undecided" voters	tavernier	Oct 2012	#4
Funniest thing I've heard all day !	Laura PourMeADrink	Oct 2012	#7
Thank you for posting this!	Dalai_1	Oct 2012	#6
K&R. Thank you, trailmonkee for posting a real poll here. This coincides with other serious polls.	David Zephyr	Oct 2012	#8
Nate Silver has Obama's chances of winning at 80.1%	fasttense	Oct 2012	#9
Americans brainwashed by MSM propaganda	forest4qt	Oct 2012	#11
Yep. I just saw Corporate No News footnote display CO poll in favor of robmey.	Amonester	Oct 2012	#12
Hmmm...This poll..	rayofreason	Oct 2012	#13

Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:27 PM

proud2BlibKansan (96,356 posts)

1. And there's still this:

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Response to proud2BlibKansan (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 01:50 PM

ProudToBeBlueInRhody (10,300 posts)

10. And that map is a joke

Last edited Mon Oct 29, 2012, 01:50 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

New Mexico is not just "leaning" Obama, for example.

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Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:35 PM

deadbrokediva (48 posts)

2. This last week is going to be challenging

Last edited Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:37 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

for Obama. Not only has he had to cancel his upcoming events, but god forbid the talking heads are right about this storm and we experience another Katrina just days before the election, what then? Is the election postponed because polling places as well as people's lives are destroyed? If it is bad, Obama is under a ton of pressure to go above and beyond in his response, which I am sure he would do, and it could greatly convert a Repub to a Dem if he was able to save their lives and homes.

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Response to deadbrokediva (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:42 PM

secondwind (3,824 posts)

3. good post.

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Response to deadbrokediva (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:51 PM

azurnoir (26,576 posts)

5. +1 n/t

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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 04:48 PM

tavernier (623 posts)

4. I'm not a bit worried about those "undecided" voters

because the scenario is quite clear to me now:

"Hm, I think I'll vote today. Or maybe tomorrow. I'll definitely take the big car. Or should I take the little one? Shoes... shoes... which shoes to wear? Blue? No. The red ones."

And so it will go until they realize that they have missed the whole thing. People who are as yet undecided don't really care that much, so in the end they will pull into the mall instead of the polls.

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Sun Oct 28, 2012, 05:20 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (15,187 posts)

7. Funniest thing I've heard all day !

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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 05:14 PM

Dalai_1 (911 posts)

6. Thank you for posting this!

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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 05:52 PM

David Zephyr (22,583 posts)

8. K&R. Thank you, trailmonkee for posting a real poll here. This coincides with other serious polls.

Reuters provides yet another reliable poll that is not phony like Gallup, Rasmussen or Gravis

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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:53 AM

fasttense (14,425 posts)

9. Nate Silver has Obama's chances of winning at 80.1%

Obama's chance of winning is 80.1% in his Now-cast and 74.6% in the Nov 6 forecast.

In Trade has Obama winning at 62.6% and Romney at 37.7%.

Statistically tied? Really?

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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 02:47 PM

forest4qt (14 posts)

11. Americans brainwashed by MSM propaganda

How this election is so close is due to the propaganda put out by the MSM. Americans are force fed a constant stream of disinformation
and then called stupid or unaware by the the same MSM. Guess what? Americans are not that stupid or vacuous!...at least I hope they aren't.

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Response to forest4qt (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:13 PM

Amonester (10,169 posts)

12. Yep. I just saw Corporate No News footnote display CO poll in favor of robmey.

48-47.

They just can't let their hor$e race go away anytime soon.

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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:37 PM

rayofreason (2,259 posts)

13. Hmmm...This poll..

..does not seem to be included in the RCP lineup of polls. Why not?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

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Obama at 49 pct, Romney 46 pct nine days before election: Reuters Poll

1. And there's still this:

10. And that map is a joke

2. This last week is going to be challenging

3. good post.

5. +1 n/t

4. I'm not a bit worried about those "undecided" voters

7. Funniest thing I've heard all day !

6. Thank you for posting this!

8. K&R. Thank you, trailmonkee for posting a real poll here. This coincides with other serious polls.

9. Nate Silver has Obama's chances of winning at 80.1%

11. Americans brainwashed by MSM propaganda

12. Yep. I just saw Corporate No News footnote display CO poll in *favor* of robmey.

13. Hmmm...This poll..

12. Yep. I just saw Corporate No News footnote display CO poll in favor of robmey.