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Quinnipiac Shows Obama With 5-Point Edge in Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – President Obama holds a five-point lead in Ohio, the latest Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News poll finds, but has narrower leads in key swing states Virginia and Florida, where Mitt Romney has gained ground.
The survey, taken Oct. 23-28, shows Obama leading his Republican rival in Ohio 50%-45%, unchanged from Oct. 22. Other recent polls in the state give the Democratic incumbent leads of one to four percentage points, while the most recent Rasmussen Reports pool gives Romney a two-point edge in the state.
In Florida, Obama has a narrow one-point edge over Romney, 48% to 47%, a steep drop from the nine-point advantage he enjoyed in the Sept. 26 Quinnipiac poll, where he led 53% to 47%. Obama’s edge also declined in Virginia, where he now leads Romney by two points, 49% to 47%, down from the five-point edge he had Oct. 11, when he led 51% to 46%.
“After being subjected to what seems like a zillion dollars’ worth of television ads and personal attention from the two candidates reminiscent of a high-school crush, the key swing states of Florida and Virginia are too close to call with the election only days away,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. The president “clings to a five-point lead in Ohio” but “Romney has narrowed the president’s lead that existed in Florida and Virginia before the first debate.”
By wide margins, voters in each state say Obama cares about their needs and problems more than Romney, but the Republican is seen as a leader by more voters. On who is better able to fix the economy, 49% of Florida voters pick Romney, with 47% for Obama; 49% of Ohio voters pick Obama, with 48% for Romney, and 50% of Virginia voters pick Romney, with 46% for Obama.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – President Obama holds a five-point lead in Ohio, the latest Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News poll finds, and had narrower leads in key swing states Virginia and Florida, where Mitt Romney had gained ground.
The survey, Oct. 23-28, shows Obama leading his Republican rival in Ohio 50-45, unchanged from Oct. 22. Other recent polls in the state give the Democratic incumbent leads of one to four percentage points, while the most recent Rasmussen Reports pool gives Romney a two-point edge in the state.
In Florida, Obama has a narrow one-point edge over Romney, 48% to 47%, a steep drop from the nine-point advantage he enjoyed in the Sept. 26 Quinnipiac poll, where he led 53% to 47%. Obama’s edge also declined in Virginia, where he now leads Romney by two points, 49% to 47%, down from the five-point edge he had Oct. 11, when he led 51% to 46%.
“After being subjected to what seems like a zillion dollars’ worth of television ads and personal attention from the two candidates reminiscent of a high-school crush, the key swing states of Florida and Virginia are too close to call with the election only days away,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. The president “clings to a five-point lead in Ohio” but “Romney has narrowed the president’s lead that existed in Florida and Virginia before the first debate.”
By wide margins, voters in each state say Obama cares about their needs and problems more than Romney, but the Republican is seen as a leader by more voters. On who is better able to fix the economy, 49% of Florida voters pick Romney, with 47% for Obama; 49% of Ohio voters pick Obama, with 48% for Romney, and 50% of Virginia voters pick Romney, with 46% for Obama.