Voters in Florida, Ohio, and Virginia, three crucial swing states, are more likely to vote for President Obama than Governor Romney in the upcoming November election, a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Marist Poll suggests.
As of the September 9-11 poll, President Obama led Romney by five percent in Florida and Virginia, and seven in Ohio. The Wall Street Journal reports that the polls "carry a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for those voters." Voter support for Obama currently hovers around 50% in these states.
Policy Issues
Another boon to the Obama campaign is voter's trust in the President's ability to manage foreign policy, with 52% of Ohio voters voicing approval for Obama on the issue. Only 39% of voters allied with Romney in the same poll. However, the study found that most undecided voters believe that Romney would handle economic issues with greater success than Obama.
Demographics
The Wall Street Journal notes that Obama has a "double-digit advantage among women," a group which also happens to compromise 61% of undecided voters in Ohio, Florida, and Virginia. Obama's non-white vote is said to "closely resemble" the outpouring of support for his campaign during the 2008 election. The President also retains a third of the evangelical vote in these states.
Romney, on the other hand, has a 50% favorability rating among evangelicals. Romney also has the support of "a larger share of the white vote than Sen. John McCain did in 2008." It was also found that independents in Ohio and Virginia are leaning towards a Romney-Ryan vote. In these pivotal swing states, 6% of voters remain undecided.
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