Latest Polls Show Obama's Pa. Lead Slipping
President Obama's once significant lead over Gov. Mitt Romney in the Keystone State has slipped, according to the latest polls
New polls out this week show Gov. Mitt Romney has substantially narrowed what once seemed like an insurmountable lead for President Barack Obama in Pennsylvania.
The polls were taken after the first presidential debate but before Tuesday's second town hall-style debate at Hofstra University.
Bloomberg News reported that a Quinnipiac University poll of 1,519 likely Pa. voters favored Obama by just four percentage points over Romney. The poll was conducted between Oct. 12 and Oct. 14. Just one month ago, Obama held a 12 point lead in the state, and some news reports indicated that the Romney campaign had begun to focus its resources elsewhere. Obama carried the state by more than 10 percentage points in the 2008 election.
Obama is still under 50 percent and Pennsylvania is still in play according to the latest poll from the Allentown Morning Call and Muhlenberg College.
The latest Public Policy Polling shows Obama above 50 percent and leading Mitt Romney by 7 points in Pennsylvania.
"President Obama continues to disappoint voters here by breaking the promises he made as a candidate, and failing to offer a legitimate case for four more years of the last four years," said Billy Pitman, director of communications for the Republican National Committee in Pennsylvania, in an email message to media outlets. "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan offer a clear choice for leadership and a new direction that will create jobs, fix our economy and strengthen the middle class."
Male voters in the poll substantially favored Romney, while Obama held a commanding lead among women. Voters who described themselves as independent reportedly favored Obama, 50 percent to 43 percent.
The President's lead nationally has been slipping since his widely-criticized performance in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3. Tuesday evening's debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion.
Jim Aspen
12:45 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
New Polls
Romney + 7 Gallop
Romney +2 Rasmussen
Romney +3 Monmouth
Romney +2 Politico
Carol
4:19 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Jim I pray you are correct... All of us in Pa need to help vote this horrible corrupt administration out of office or this country is doomed!
William
1:04 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
Never mind the PA polls. When Karl Rove puts money into TV Ads in the state, then I'll believe PA's electoral votes are really in play. Until then, as Joe Scarborough says, PA is fool's gold for Republicans.
Carol
4:19 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
William Pa should wake up and realize that this president is nothing but a liar...He needs to go or this country will be in hreat peril of our freedoms..Obama cannot stop the spending and lying so ayone in Pa needs to vote for Romney to save all of us!
Carol
4:19 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
If Pennsylvanians are smart they will vote for Romney and get rid of this joke lying Obama..Obama is no good and it is time for people of all parties to tell him he is fired! Penna wake up Romney will create jobs and keep this country safe..Obama will continue to take us down the road to disaster.... Vote for Mitt!
Colter95
11:29 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
It should still be slipping... PA is a great state, with well informed voters... Spread the truth on the still poor economy, and don't reward the Benghazi lies with another term for Obama...
Do you think Obama is a good guy and a straight shooter? Read on, please: Obama has been an economic disaster the last four years, and this Benghazi disgrace is completely unacceptable... This country does not reward failure and dishonesty out of the White House...
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-outsourcer-overreach/
http://obamalies.net/list-of-obamas-failures
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/10/18/president-obamas-taxpayer-backed-green-energy-failures/
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/patti-schmidt-list-of-obama-s-failures-is-long/article_7a139146-fec2-11e1-8e81-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/08/obamas-foreign-policy-failures-catalogued.php
http://www.facebook.com/notes/republican-security-council/the-top-10-obama-flip-flops-by-ari-fleischer/171275079638338
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100083104/the-u-turn-president-barack-obama-top-ten-flip-flops/
You see, it's easy to run on a slogan, like Obama did in 2008... Hope and change, baby... It's much harder to do once you have a record that can be reviewed... He also said in 2008 that if he didn't get the job done in four years, that it would be a one term deal... Well, he hasn't delivered, so time to let him keep his word... Romney/Ryan 2012
Colter95
11:34 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
I saw Obama yesterday claiming the new job numbers are proof that his policies are working and that we are in an economic recovery... Fact is, that is not the truth, or even close to the truth...
First, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% and the year-to-date monthly average of 157,000 payroll jobs is barely enough to keep up with population growth -- much less make up for the 8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.
Second, the so-called real unemployment rate (U6) remains elevated at 14.6%, albeit down from 14.7% the prior month. Similarly, the labor participation rate is at 63.8%, up from its multi-decade low but still incredibly weak.
Third, average hourly earnings fell a penny in October and average hours worked fell to 34.4 from 34.5 in September.
Stagnant wages means "we're not generating income," Reinhart says. "That's a problem in terms of the durability of an economic expansion, which is usually fueled by consumption. To get consumption you've got to generate income."
Also, just look at your checkbook. We are paying a lot more for everything now than we did in 2008. The price of gas has doubled. At the same time, wages have gone down, and that's if you're lucky to have a job.
In 2008, 25 banks went out of business. In 2012, 48 banks have gone out of business. Almost double the amount. Does that sound like recovery to you? Don't believe the Obama lies!!
Romney/Ryan 2012
Colter95
11:42 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Please don't let Obama sweep Benghazi under the rug...
Lets not forget those four who were left to be slaughtered in Benghazi...
Every voter needs to read this excellent article... Very well worth your time...
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/01/benghazi-obamas-core-deceit/
These are pretty good as well:
http://www.gazette.com/opinion/romney-146793-obama-benghazi.html
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/benghazigate-obamas-many-lies-about-libya/
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50657
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/25/CBS-Busts-Obama--and-Itself-Hidden-60-Minutes-Clip-Proves-White-House-Lied-About-Benghazi
Romney/Ryan 2012