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Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Monday, September 17, 2012
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 45% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. See daily tracking history.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of conservatives support Romney, and 91% of liberals plan to vote for Obama. As they have throughout the campaign, voters under 40 tend to prefer the president, while their elders favor Romney.
When “leaners” are included, the race is tied with both Obama and Romney at 48%. Leaners are those who are initially uncommitted to the two leading candidates but lean towards one of them when asked a follow-up question.
Voters are fairly evenly divided as to which candidate they trust more to handle events in the Middle East: 48% say Obama, 45% Romney. Unaffiliated voters have a slight preference for Romney. By an overwhelming 72% to 15% margin, voters believe it is more important to guarantee freedom of speech rather than making sure nothing is done to offend other nations and cultures. Half (51%) think it’s likely the government of Libya was involved in the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and other Americans.
As of this morning, only seven percent (7%) of voters rate national security issues as the most important in Election 2012.
Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update).
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the president’s health care law. In his weekly newspaper column, Scott Rasmussen notes that “the health care debate is a great example of why Americans hate politics.” He adds that "building consensus on health care reform requires taking good ideas from both Democrats and Republicans. As far as voters are concerned, good ideas are the ones that give individuals more control over their own health care decisions.”
If you’d like Scott to speak to your organization, meeting or conference, please contact Premiere Speakers.
Democratic pollster Bernard Whitman and the New Jersey General Assembly’s GOP leader John Bramnick joined Scott this weekend on his nationally syndicated television show to discuss why neither presidential candidate has closed the sale with voters on the issue of job creation. More than 60 stations carry What America Thinks every week.
In Virginia and Ohio, Obama leads by a point. In Florida, the president is up two. Romney has edged back into the lead in Missouri and is up six in North Carolina. See the latest Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections.
In the Ohio Senate race, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown has the advantage over Republican challenger Josh Mandel. Democrat Bill Nelson has the lead in the Florida Senate race. See the Rasmussen Reports Senate Balance of Power projections.
Monday, September 17, 2012
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 45% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. See daily tracking history.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of conservatives support Romney, and 91% of liberals plan to vote for Obama. As they have throughout the campaign, voters under 40 tend to prefer the president, while their elders favor Romney.
When “leaners” are included, the race is tied with both Obama and Romney at 48%. Leaners are those who are initially uncommitted to the two leading candidates but lean towards one of them when asked a follow-up question.
Voters are fairly evenly divided as to which candidate they trust more to handle events in the Middle East: 48% say Obama, 45% Romney. Unaffiliated voters have a slight preference for Romney. By an overwhelming 72% to 15% margin, voters believe it is more important to guarantee freedom of speech rather than making sure nothing is done to offend other nations and cultures. Half (51%) think it’s likely the government of Libya was involved in the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and other Americans.
As of this morning, only seven percent (7%) of voters rate national security issues as the most important in Election 2012.
Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update).
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the president’s health care law. In his weekly newspaper column, Scott Rasmussen notes that “the health care debate is a great example of why Americans hate politics.” He adds that "building consensus on health care reform requires taking good ideas from both Democrats and Republicans. As far as voters are concerned, good ideas are the ones that give individuals more control over their own health care decisions.”
If you’d like Scott to speak to your organization, meeting or conference, please contact Premiere Speakers.
Democratic pollster Bernard Whitman and the New Jersey General Assembly’s GOP leader John Bramnick joined Scott this weekend on his nationally syndicated television show to discuss why neither presidential candidate has closed the sale with voters on the issue of job creation. More than 60 stations carry What America Thinks every week.
In Virginia and Ohio, Obama leads by a point. In Florida, the president is up two. Romney has edged back into the lead in Missouri and is up six in North Carolina. See the latest Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections.
In the Ohio Senate race, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown has the advantage over Republican challenger Josh Mandel. Democrat Bill Nelson has the lead in the Florida Senate race. See the Rasmussen Reports Senate Balance of Power projections.