More Share Obama's World View Than Romney's Or Santorum's: SurveyUSA asked 1,300 registered voters from across all 50 states which Presidential candidate's view of the world more closely matched their own.
* Asked to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, 49% said Obama's view of the world is closer to their own; 35% said Romney's view is closer to theirs.
* Asked to choose between Obama and Rick Santorum, Obama's view of the world is seen as closer to their own by 52% of registered voters; Santorum's by 37%.
* SurveyUSA then asked those who chose both Romney and Santorum how the two Republicans' views matched up with their own; 51% of these voters said Santorum's view of the world was closer to their own; 43% said Romney's.
Women say Obama's view is closer to their own than Romney's by a 20 point margin, and closer to their own than Santorum's by 22 points. Men say Obama's view is closer to their own than either Romney's or Santorum's by identical 9-point margins.
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Obama Is Nation's Top Hypothetical Barbecue Guest: Ignoring that hotdog and hamburger season doesn't begin in earnest for another three months, SurveyUSA asked 1,300 registered voters from the entire United States which one leading Presidential candidate they would most like to invite to a barbecue.
47% say they would invite Barack Obama.
14% would invite Rick Santorum.
14% would invite Ron Paul.
12% would invite Mitt Romney.
8% would invite Newt Gingrich.
Stating the obvious: there are 4 major Republican candidates for President, and 1 Democrat. Adding together the numbers for each Republican shows an effectively tied barbecue invitation race, with 48% inviting a candidate other than Obama, 47% inviting Obama.
Among just Republicans:
30% invite Rick Santorum.
26% invite Mitt Romney.
17% invite Newt Gingrich.
13% invite Ron Paul.
9% invite Barack Obama.
Among just independents:
43% invite Barack Obama.
22% invite Ron Paul.
13% invite Rick Santorum.
11% invite Mitt Romney.
7% invite Newt Gingrich.
Among just Democrats, 86% invite Barack Obama; 5% Ron Paul; each other candidate is invited by just 2% of Democrats each.
Full crosstabs below break down invites by strong/weak party affiliation, by Tea Party membership, by ideology, by region, and by other characteristics.
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