Poll: Obama Opens Big Lead Over Romney On Women’s Issues

[highplainsdem]

Source: TPM

Voters see President Obama as far more in touch with the problems women face, a new poll from CNN finds. On who is more in touch with women voters, Obama leads Romney 60 percent to 30 percent among likely voters. Among registered voters, Obama leads 62 percent to 27 percent.

As Romney heads to the Republican National Convention, the poll shows Obama leading when it comes to personal characteristics and relating to voters. On who is more "in touch with the problems facing middle class Americans," Obama leads 53 percent to 39 percent among likely voters and 58 percent to 33 percent among registered voters. Obama also leads on the question of who cares about "the needs of people like you" by 13 points among likely voters and 20 points among registered voters.

Romney's strengths come on questions of competence and leads Obama slightly on who would run government more effectively.

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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-obama-opens-big-lead-over-romney-on

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A CNN Political Ticker story on the poll

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/26/cnn-poll-which-candidate-cares-more-about-you/

links to their PDF file with the complete poll results:

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/08/25/rel8b.pdf


Obama led Romney on every poll question but two:

Has a clear plan for solving the country's problems (Likely Voters Obama 39, Romney 45; Registered Voters Obama 39 Romney 41)

Can manage the government effectively (Likely Voters Obama 44, Romney 48; Registered Voters Obama 43, Romney 46)

[still_one]

1. romney's strengths come on questions of "competence"? Are you kidding me. He has taken every

position there is

both pro and con, sometimes at the same time

[highplainsdem]

3. Agree it's a complete misperception of him. But it reflects the GOP staying on message, and

my best guess is that the poll results on those questions show Republicans and right-leaning independents trying to come up with SOME reason to justify voting for Romney, and that's all they've got.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. He's competently white--that's all it takes!

[indie_voter]

7. +1000000 n/t

[daleo]

11. He's got all the answers

Wrong, right and in between. It's like betting on every horse in a race. Of course you lose money that way, slowly but surely.

[Odin2005]

13. That's coded languages for race.

[highplainsdem]

5. The voter ID laws they've pushed through could disenfranchise more women than men. Links:

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/voter-id-requirements-will-disenfranchise-m

It's not just the poor, elderly, and people of color affected by these laws. It's women. Lots of women. Women who change their names on their Social Security card but wait to change them on their license until the next renewal. Women who use both names. Many, many women.The fallout is just beginning and time is short.

People need to understand how these Voter ID laws disenfranchise ordinary people -- Republican AND Democrat -- for reasons that are bogus, stupid, and discriminate against women.

http://www.msmagazine.com/winter2012/blockingthevote.asp

Strict photo-ID requirements and proof-of-citizenship laws also particularly affect women who change their name after getting married or divorced. Because updating documentation takes time and money, these laws create an additional barrier for low-income women. According to the Brennan Center, only 66 percent of voting-age women had ready access to proof-of-citizenship documentation with their current legal name.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. ...

[Norbert]

9. News Flash: Sun Rose in the East This Morning

Paul Simon was part of Simon and Garfunkel
Choosy Mothers Choose Jif
Obama is more in touch with women voters

No news here.

[primavera]

10. 27% are stupid enough to favor Romney?

I don't believe it, it has to be a typo - they really meant 2.7%.

[sarcasmo]

12. The Republicans, the American version of the Taliban.