LA-SMOR: Romney by only 6

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This is one of those class of polls where the percentage for the losing candidate looks pretty reasonable, but where it seems that somehow about a third of the winning candidate's eventual supporters inexplicably said they weren't sure.

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This is one of those class of polls where the percentage for the losing candidate looks pretty reasonable, but where it seems that somehow about a third of the winning candidate's eventual supporters inexplicably said they weren't sure.

It's because Southerners don't like Mitt Romney.

They'll vote for him anyway.

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These numbers aren't ridiculous with the caveat that the 16% undecided in Louisiana will break overwhelmingly for Mitt Romney.

Exactly. An undecided voter in the South means "I like Obama politics more, but he's black... So, Romney. Definitely".

More likely: "I don't really like Romney, and he doesn't seem conservative enough, but I don't like Obama, plus he's black, so in the end I'll vote for Romney."