Swing State Polls, Obama vs. Romney: Pennsylvania & Ohio Show Strong Obama Presidential Lean
Bases on one of their latest poll results, Rasmussen Reports revealed that 51 percent of Electoral Collge votes from the swing-state of Pennsylvania will go to President Barack Obama.
The findings were posted by Rasmussen on Thursday and they are a result of a telephone survey of 500 Likely Pennsylvania Voters. Forty-six percent supported Mitt Romney, 1 percent liked another candidate and 2 percent remained undecided. The survey was conducted on Oct. 24 and its a margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.
Some of the questions asked in the respective survey are as follows:
If the 2012 presidential election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mitt Romney or Democrat Barack Obama?
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?
Whom do you trust more to handle the economy...Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
Who do you trust more to handle national security issues...Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
To see a complete list of all the questions asked in the Pennsylvania survey, click here. Rasmussen noted that the survey was split to rotate the order of the candidates mentioned, meaning that half of the survey takers heard the Republican first while the other half heard the democrat mentioned first.
In their own analysis of swing-state Electoral College votes, Politico reported that President Obama is expected to receive all 18 Electoral College votes from Ohio in the presidential election.
In their "2012 Swing States" analysis, last updated on Oct. 26 at 6:04 a.m. EDT, Politico revealed findings that suggest Obama will receive all 18 Electoral votes from Ohio, all 10 from Wisconsin, and all the Electoral votes New Hampshire, Nevada and Iowa have to offer. On the other hand, Romney will receive all 29 Electoral votes from Florida, all 15 from North Carolina and all 13 from Virginia. The polling data used is provided by Real Clear Politics.
The 2012 swing-states are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Caroline, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, according to Politico.
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