9:51 AM - 20 Aug 12 via web · Details
Monday, August 20, 2012
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 44% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 43%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
Today’s update matches the president’s lowest level of support since May. Yesterday was the lowest level of support for Romney since March. On a combined basis, today shows the lowest level of combined support for the two major party candidates since January 27. See daily tracking history.
Sometimes it is helpful to look at the numbers on a full-week basis rather than day-to-day basis. This eliminates some statistical noise and gives a broader perspective on the race. Doing so gives a sense of how little the race has changed over the past two months. In six of the past eight weeks, Romney has been ahead by one or two points. Once he had a larger lead, and once the candidates were tied.
Obama, however, retains a slight lead in the Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections. This includes new numbers from Florida, Wisconsin and Ohio.
Matchup results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update).
Seventy-five percent (75%) of voters with health insurance rate their own coverage as good or excellent. As they have from the moment it was passed, most continue to favor repeal of the president’s health care law.
Voters are evenly divided as to whether Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan or Vice President Joe Biden is more qualified to serve as president if necessary. In his weekly newspaper column, Scott Rasmussen observes that the reaction to Ryan’s selection highlights a gap between mainstream America and official Washington.
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