Kos/SIEU: Romney ties it up

[MorningInAmerica]

Some interesting questions in this poll.

1. Obama's approval rating has dropped to 42% among registered voters (the poll sample was D+7).
2. 57% of voters say Romney's Bain experience has an either POSITIVE influence on their vote, or NO influence on their vote. 40% say it has a negative experience on their vote
3. In one of the most ridiculously loaded questions I've ever heard a pollster ask, PPP asks whether people have a favorable view of Swiss bank accounts. 52% say they have either a favorable view, or NO view. 48% say they have a negative view.
4. Boehner is unpopular at 27/45%. Pelosi is downright disliked at 28/58%
5. Democrats and Republicans are tied on the Congressional Ballot
6. In another loaded question:

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52% say they're more concerned with integrity of voting. Just 39% say they're trying to help Republicans win.

All in all, a bad poll for Obama. Bain seems to be losing its luster.

[MorningInAmerica]

27% is unpopular and 28% is downright disliked?

How could you miss the disapproval ratings? Considering they were just a "/" away?  

4. Boehner is unpopular at 27/45%. Pelosi is downright disliked at 28/58%

I was referring to the fact that 45% disapproval is unpopular, 58% is downright disliked. Also, Boehner's net disapproval of -18 is what makes him unpopular, Pelosi's -30 makes her downright disliked. What about that isn't clear?

[MorningInAmerica]

89%?

This poll is junk.

I thought PPP was the gold standard for Democrats these days. So they're losing their flare?

[MorningInAmerica]

Another way to look at those crosstabs is to consider that Romney is only leading Obama by a 12 point margin among whites, while John McCain beat obama with whites by 13 points in a year that shattered all Democratic demographic turnout records. I personally believe 2012 will be closer, and that Romney is likely to win whites by 15+ points.

Having said that, we're still just talking about a poll taken 3.5 months before the actual election.

[MorningInAmerica]

Obama is swimming upstream, against the current; it's only swept him back just a little at this point but he can't keep doing it forever.

Agreed. No matter how much Obama may stand to gain from some of these attacks, there will always be job report on the first Friday of every month to knock him back down. And all indications are that those reports will not be looking good from now until election day. http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/19/news/economy/obama-election/index.htm

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[MorningInAmerica]

I don't think anyone except the media even cares about the monthly reports, quite frankly.

That may be the case for Obama-bots. But those voters without their heads up a particular candidates ass are paying attention to the economy, and concerned about it.

[MorningInAmerica]

I don't think anyone except the media even cares about the monthly reports, quite frankly.

That may be the case for Obama-bots. But those voters without their heads up a particular candidates ass are paying attention to the economy, and concerned about it.

People don't care about economy. They care if them and their family have a job.
And I doubt than more than 2% of the Americans are able to say the unemployment rate is asked.

Really? http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=USP00p5 Read pg 5 and 6. 85% of the electorate in 2008 said they were "worried" about the economy, 50% of which were
"very worried." 81% were worried the economy could "hurt their family." Also, 63% identified the economy as the MOST important issue, with Iraq in second at 10%. But you're right:

People don't care about the economy.