The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Mitt Romney attracting 47% of the vote, while President Obama earns 45%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and another four percent (4%) are undecided.
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Romney now leads in Wisconsin, North Carolina and Missouri. Obama leads inPennsylvania. The race is a toss-up in Iowa,Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Colorado.
Fifty-two percent (52%) trust Romney more when it comes to the economy, while 42% trust the president more.
Seventy-two percent (72%) say when media outlets release secret government documents, they are hurting national security. Forty-seven percent (47%) think recent leaks of classified information will hurt the president’s reelection chances.
Scott Ramussen writes in his latest syndicated newspaper column that this week’s report about the collapse of household net worth since 2007 isn’t news to most Americans. “They have experienced the decline day after day for the last five years,” he says. “Consumers rate their personal finances the same as they did on the day President Obama was inaugurated. If that doesn't improve by November, there's likely to be a new president in January.”
(Job Approval Data Below)
A president’s Job Approval rating is one of the best indicators for assessing his chances of reelection. Typically, the president’s Job Approval rating on Election Day will be close to the share of the vote he receives. Currently, 48% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's job performance. Fifty-one percent (51%) at least somewhat disapprove (see trends).
Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Americans remain concerned about inflation. Seventy-one percent (71%) expect to be paying more for groceries a year from now.
Sixty-two percent (62%) think that given two workers with the same job at the same companythe one who gets more done should be paid more than the one who has more seniority. Seventy-one percent (71%) say the worker who gets more done should be paid more than someone who has a higher level of education.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters would rather be called a good citizen than a patriot. Twenty-five percent (25%) would rather be called a patriot.
To get a sense of longer-term Job Approval trends for the president, Rasmussen Reports also compiles our tracking data on a full month-by-month basis. For the full month of May, the president’s total Job Approval rating was at 49%, up two points from April. However, it is within the narrow range of 47% to 49% that his full month approval ratings have occupied since the beginning of 2012.
