GALLUP: Obama’s Lead Over Romney Shrinks After Poor Debate Performance
President Obama maintained his three point lead over Mitt Romney, according to Gallup’s Sunday tracking poll. However, President Obama’s poor 
performance in the debate did reduce his lead over Romney from five points to just three.
Here is how Obama is fairing among polls that matter:
- Gallup: Romney trails Obama by only three points, almost within the margin of error. And Obama could still be losing ground for all we know.
- Reuters/Ipsos: Here, the race has tightened from a 6-point Obama lead pre-debate to only a 2-point lead on Friday.
So, no matter which poll you believe, it is a given that President Obama has lost a great deal of ground by not performing well in the debates.
In addition, Obama’s overall approval rating, which had been at 50 percent, fell to 48 percent after the debate with Romney. Traditionally, presidents who go into an election with a below 50 percent approval rating don’t win reelection.
More important than general numbers though is that Romney’s numbers have surged in swing states. A We Ask America poll has Romney leading by two points in Florida, although this pollster tends to trend Republican. The race has also tightened in Virginia, with a recent poll showing Obama behind by a point there.
A poll released Friday by Rasmussen, which also skews Republican, also shows the president clinging to a 1-point lead in Ohio.
Of course, there is no way to predict the outcome of this election, but if Obama does lose, he may be able to track his loss back to his awful debate performance. Over 60 million people watched Obama fall flat on his face, and behave as if he didn’t even want to be on the stage with Romney. Obama supporters are surely hoping that Obama’s shoddy debate performance didn’t seal the deal with undecided voters.
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Well…this goes to show you how ill-informed many voters really are…if they fall for ROMNEY’S lies and fairy tales…rather then looking at all the GOOD that Pres. Obama has done. This is one reason I have never gone into politics — too many fickle folks who act like spoiled little kids…who want what they want when they want it. After many of these people sat on their thumbs and let BUSH and CHENEY mess up almost everything…now they whine and complain of nonsense …slander Pres. Obama…and keep up a lot of nonsense. If ROMNEY gets elected…HE REALLY WILL GIVE THESE FOLKS A LOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT…. when he starts cutting off their funds…Pell Grants, Medicare, Food stamps, etc.
When you go for a job interview, you look your best and you do your best to stay sharp and act confident. I know that Romney looked good while he was lying, but this is white America we are talking about people and they have always been neurotic and schizophrenic with their thought processes and their behavior. My dad keeps imploring to me ” The people can see past Romney’s lies, they can see what the real deal is.” I keep telling him that he must not be looking at how white people behave. Even some of us are fickle and ” believe the Hype( Chuck D and Flav)” because of some pseudo-religious bullshit hammered in our heads starting before slavery with the world travels of the Franciscan Friars!! He did’nt do his best and that’s the truth! And white folks look at power in relationship to its leaders. always have, and always will. Hotep
Correction- didn’t
I am one of the minority of folks who thought Romney was not doing right…that he was like a bull in a china shop…he was interrupting, overbearing, and even bogarding the moderator. I was not impressed with his lies either. ROMNEY is still getting rich from BAIN…as they ship jobs to China…right now…but he stood there and told all those lies about “creating jobs for americans.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/20/bainport_live_from_illinois_plant_where
I agree with people who say Romney lied, Romney was a bully… He was a bully and he said nothing of substance while debating the president.
But I dont wanna hear all this this whining… Obama knows how the game is played and either he is in to win or he is not. The media doesnt care who lied and who told the truth… These are the same people who encourage viewers to “turn off the sound and just watch the body language” of the contestants in the debate… WTF purpose does it serve to watch A DEBATE with the sound OFF? lol
My point is that there is no moral high ground in this process. All of these people (including the president) are morally bankrupt when it comes to the truth..
So either Obama is in to win or he isnt, and I dont wanna hear a whole bunch of crying over Romney’s performance from democrats.
They know the game and it has never been based on integrity or honesty.. it is politics (or poltitricks as Peter Tosh called it)..
So win or go home -
If numbers are accurate and Romeny wins…this could be bad news for PBS Big Bird and Tavis. Wow..Tavis is looking really stupid now in his criticism of Obama after Romney said he would get rid of PBS. Maybe he can use Big Bird to save his job by doing a Poultry Tour.