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Election Archive => 2012 U.S. Presidential General Election Polls => Topic started by: Tender Branson on April 25, 2012, 11:01:21 AM



Title: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: Tender Branson on April 25, 2012, 11:01:21 AM
The latest telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Old Dominion finds Romney earning 45% support, while Obama picks up 44% of the vote.  Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided.

The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Virginia was conducted on April 23, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Fieldwork for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/virginia/election_2012_virginia_president


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: Landslide Lyndon on April 25, 2012, 11:05:42 AM
Safe Obama.


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: Tender Branson on April 25, 2012, 11:07:19 AM
According to Rasmussenworld, this means VA is now 4% more DEM than the US as a whole because Romney leads by 5 in todays tracking poll.


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: Rowan on April 25, 2012, 02:33:01 PM
According to Rasmussenworld, this means VA is now 4% more DEM than the US as a whole because Romney leads by 5 in todays tracking poll.

The poll was taken Monday though.


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: Queen Mum Inks.LWC on April 25, 2012, 04:21:48 PM
Database entry: https://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/PRESIDENT/2012/polls.php?action=indpoll&id=5120120423016


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: pbrower2a on April 25, 2012, 11:06:42 PM
"Likely voter", which can easily be explained as "2010 voters only". 


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: Rowan on April 26, 2012, 03:11:44 PM
"Likely voter", which can easily be explained as "2010 voters only". 

Or as "people who say they are likely to vote in 2012".


Title: Re: VA-Rasmussen: Romney 45%, Obama 44%
Post by: MaxQue on April 26, 2012, 03:24:40 PM
"Likely voter", which can easily be explained as "2010 voters only". 

Or as "people who say they are likely to vote in 2012".

Perhaps, but it seems more logical than Rasmussen is using the pbrower definition.