AP poll: Romney leads Obama 47-45, tied among female voters

[yota691]

AP poll: Romney leads Obama 47-45, tied among female voters

By Meghashyam Mali - 10/25/12 07:18 AM ET

A new poll finds GOP challenger Mitt Romney erasing President Obama’s lead among female voters and pulling ahead nationally with under two weeks to election day.

Romney holds 47 percent support from likely voters in the latest AP-GfK poll to Obama at 45, an edge within the poll’s 4-point margin of error. Last month’s poll found Obama up 47-46.

Among women, Romney is even with Obama, as both candidates gain 47 percent support. That figure is a sharp turnaround from the same poll last month which showed Obama with a 16-point advantage.

But Romney’s gains with women voters could be threatened by the controversy over Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s comments on pregnancies resulting from rape.

The AP-GfK poll was taken before Mourdock’s remark made in a debate late Tuesday that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something God intended to happen."

Democrats quickly seized on the comment, looking to link Romney with the Senate candidate.

While the Romney campaign has said he disagrees with those comments, they have stood by their endorsement of Mourdock.

Fifty-five percent of female likely voters prefer Obama over women’s issues, with 41 percent picking Romney, in the AP-GfK poll.

Romney’s campaign has focused on economic issues in their efforts to sway women voters. Women favor Romney over Obama on the economy by 49 to 45 percent. Last month, Obama had the edge 56 to 40.

Obama’s edge on which candidate better understands the problems of average voters has also slipped with female voters. Women say Obama understands their problems over Romney 50-43, down from an Obama 58-36 edge last month.

The poll also finds that Obama has gained among male voters with Romney’s 13-point edge last month down to 5.

The AP-GfK is the latest in a slew of surveys showing a tight race in the homestretch to election day. The Gallup daily tracking survey Wednesday showed Obama cutting Romney’s national lead to 3-points. Battleground state polls also show many swing-states are still a toss-up.

The AP-GfK poll was conducted from Oct. 19 to 23. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/263971-poll-romney-leads-obama-nationally-tied-among-female-voters 13 days to go...the closer we get, the more the media will cave on it false POLL'S

Edited October 25, 2012 by yota691

[detroitjazzman]

AP poll: Romney leads Obama 47-45, tied among female voters

By Meghashyam Mali - 10/25/12 07:18 AM ET

A new poll finds GOP challenger Mitt Romney erasing President Obama’s lead among female voters and pulling ahead nationally with under two weeks to election day.

Romney holds 47 percent support from likely voters in the latest AP-GfK poll to Obama at 45, an edge within the poll’s 4-point margin of error. Last month’s poll found Obama up 47-46.

Among women, Romney is even with Obama, as both candidates gain 47 percent support. That figure is a sharp turnaround from the same poll last month which showed Obama with a 16-point advantage.

But Romney’s gains with women voters could be threatened by the controversy over Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s comments on pregnancies resulting from rape.

The AP-GfK poll was taken before Mourdock’s remark made in a debate late Tuesday that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something God intended to happen."

Democrats quickly seized on the comment, looking to link Romney with the Senate candidate.

While the Romney campaign has said he disagrees with those comments, they have stood by their endorsement of Mourdock.

Fifty-five percent of female likely voters prefer Obama over women’s issues, with 41 percent picking Romney, in the AP-GfK poll.

Romney’s campaign has focused on economic issues in their efforts to sway women voters. Women favor Romney over Obama on the economy by 49 to 45 percent. Last month, Obama had the edge 56 to 40.

Obama’s edge on which candidate better understands the problems of average voters has also slipped with female voters. Women say Obama understands their problems over Romney 50-43, down from an Obama 58-36 edge last month.

The poll also finds that Obama has gained among male voters with Romney’s 13-point edge last month down to 5.

The AP-GfK is the latest in a slew of surveys showing a tight race in the homestretch to election day. The Gallup daily tracking survey Wednesday showed Obama cutting Romney’s national lead to 3-points. Battleground state polls also show many swing-states are still a toss-up.

The AP-GfK poll was conducted from Oct. 19 to 23. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/263971-poll-romney-leads-obama-nationally-tied-among-female-voters 13 days to go...the closer we get, the more the media will cave on it false POLL'S

These poll's are all over the place. Glad I've already voted

[Snotrocket]

Damn right Romney is leading among women....and it would be by a much bigger margin if more women would think with their brains and not their "lady parts"!

[sportfisher]

These poll's are all over the place. Glad I've already voted

were you "fair"?

or did you vote wisely?

[simple]

Damn right Romney is leading among women....and it would be by a much bigger margin if more women would think with their brains and not their "lady parts"!

WTH?

[RodandStaff]

I just heard of two other polls last night... one being The Gallop Poll... where Romney is leading 50% to OblameO's 49%. Either way... it appears to be a tight race.

The very fact that it is a tight race frankly amazes me considering the record of this President. I'm not calling anybody "dumb"... just "horse-sense challenged"!!!