Gallup poll shows Romney will win the election over Obama
Sahit Muja: The U.S. election 2012, Mitt Romney vs President Obama, today is November 06, 2012. Final Gallup poll shows Mitt Romney will be elected the 45th President of United States of America.
According to the final Gallup poll President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are within one percentage point of each other in Gallup's final pre-election survey of likely voters, with Romney holding 49 percent of the vote, and Obama 48 percent. After removing the 3% of undecided voters from the results and allocating their support proportionally to the two major candidates, Gallup's final allocated estimate of the race is 50 percent for Mitt Romney Romney and 49 percent for President Obama.
Gallup poll showed Mitt Romney holds a 10-percentage point lead among men, 53 to 43 percent, while President Obama has 52 to 44 percent, among women. Each candidate has the strong support of his own party, with 96 percent of Republicans backing Romney and 93 percent of Democrats supporting Obama.
Poll shows Obama's approval rating among likely voters on the three issues ranges from 46 percent on foreign affairs to 42 percent on the economy, and 39 percent on handling the situation in Libya.Obama's overall job approval rating is 49 percent among likely voters.
New poll showed that Mitt Romney scores six and nine points higher than Obama as being better able to handle the economy and the deficit, respectively.
Poll shows one of the most crucial questions that can be asked about a political officeholder seeking re-election is whether that person deserves to be re-elected. In this case, 48% of likely voters say Obama does, while 51% say he does not.
According to Gallup, bottom line: Romney poised to benefit slightly more if they do, with 96% of Republicans backing him, as compared with Obama's 93% support from Democrats.
