| Romney Getting Post-Debate Bounce In Battleground States |
| Oct-05-2012 |
| Keywords: obama, romney, rasmussen, poll, florida, virginia, ohio |
Mitt Romney's performance in his first debate with President Obama not only energized supporters, but it appears to have helped him gain considerable traction among likely voters in three crucial battleground states.
Rasmussen Reports, in its first post-debate polls, has the Republican challenger out in front of the president in two must win states.
The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Virginia Voters, taken Thursday night, shows Romney earning 49% support to Obama's 48%. Three percent (3%) remain undecided. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.
Mitt Romney now has swung back into the lead in the first post-debate survey of the presidential race in Florida. The telephone survey of Florida Likely Voters shows Romney with 49% of the vote to Obama's 47%. Like Virginia, 3% percent of likely voters in Florida are still on the fence.
In the must win state of Ohio, the president is still leading Romney but by a narrowing margin, just 1-point separating the two men among likely voters. Obama is leading Romney 50% to 49%.
But things get far better for the Republican challenger when the poll narrowed the survey to those who say they are definitely going to vote, and those who've said they've already made up their minds.
92 percent of likely voters in the state who say that they are certain to go to the polls on Election Day, Romney leads 51 percent to 48 percent. And among the 83 percent who have already made up their minds how they will vote, Romney is ahead of Obama 52 percent to 48 percent. |
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