And now many of them are deciding to
vote for him.
So many that Romney
is beating Obama in the Battleground States:
Mitt Romney leads President Obama by five percentage points among likely voters in the nation's top battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and he has growing enthusiasm among women to thank.
As the presidential campaign heads into its final weeks, the survey of voters in 12 crucial swing states finds female voters much more engaged in the election and increasingly concerned about the deficit and debt issues that favor Romney. The Republican nominee now ties the president among women who are likely voters, 48%-48%, while he leads by 12 points among men.
This is a stunning reversal, and
bodes ill for Obama’s chances of a second term.
That makes women, especially blue-collar "waitress moms" whose families have been hard-hit by the nation's economic woes, the quintessential swing voters in 2012's close race.
"In every poll, we've seen a major surge among women in favorability for Romney" since his strong performance in the first debate, veteran Democratic pollster Celinda Lake says.
"Women went into the debate actively disliking Romney, and they came out thinking he might understand their lives and might be able to get something done for them."
While Lake believes Obama retains an edge among women voters, the changed views of Romney could be "a precursor to movement" to the Republican candidate, she says. "It opens them up to take a second look, and that's the danger for Obama."
Obama cobbled together a coalition
of supporters, with women one of its key foundation stones. Right now that
stone is starting to crack.
If Obama cannot reverse this trend in the second debate, it will most likely accelerate.
How wonderful ... The almighty polls have spoken ..
ReplyDeleteas well as the waitresses of America .... (via advance polls)
Yes.. those waitresses who actually watched the breathlessly important debate..
where Mr Mitt lied his face off and grinned/lied constantly as coached, for TV
(grinning while lying being worth huge points during debates ...)
Thus North America's fortunes will or will not tumble
the nuclear suitcase will be in Mitt's hands..
and the grim and very odd dude Ryan, who smiles but is not smiling
(wound up way too tight..) will take over the not white enuff White House
If this disaster happened.... could North America recover within 4 years ?
We already have our own political disaster in Canada.. so we can't help
Relax, Salamander: The election is not over yet. In the end it will come down to how many actually vote. The Obama camp have banked as many early votes as they could - a wise move, given his debate debacle. And they have spent 4 years setting up a GOTV operation just for election day.
ReplyDeleteSo there is hope.