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9/24/12,
"Republican poll analysis: Romney winning with middle-class families," Politico, by Goeas and Nienaber
"The past several weeks have been filled with news stories, editorials
and columns heaping criticism on the tactics and strategy of the Romney
campaign....Much of this analysis is based on the premise that Romney is out of
touch and has not been making an affirmative case to middle-class
voters.... We took a special look at middle-class
voters, and middle-class families in particular, in this latest POLITICO-George Washington University Battleground Poll
and found that not to be the case. In fact, on every measure it is
Romney who is winning the battle for the support of middle-class
families....
In our latest POLITICO-George Washington University Battleground Poll
with middle-class families, which comprise about 54 percent of the
total American electorate and usually split in their vote behavior
between Republicans and Democrats,
Romney holds a 14-point advantage (55
percent to 41 percent). Middle-class families are more inclined to
believe the country is on the wrong track (34 percent right direction,
62 percent wrong track), are more likely to hold an unfavorable view of
Obama (48 percent favorable, 51 percent unfavorable), and hold a more
favorable view of Romney (51 percent favorable, 44 percent unfavorable)
and Paul Ryan (46 percent favorable, 35 percent unfavorable) than the
overall electorate. These middle-class families also hold a majority
disapproval rating on the job Obama is doing as president (45 percent
approve, 54 percent disapprove), and turn even more negative toward
Obama on specific areas; the economy 56 percent disapprove; spending 61
percent disapprove; taxes, 53 percent disapprove; Medicare 48 percent
disapprove; and even foreign policy 50 percent disapprove.
All of this data make clear that Romney has won the strong support of
middle-class families and is leading the president on an overwhelming
majority of key measurements beyond just the ballot. In fact, when
respondents were asked who, Obama or Romney, would best handle a variety
of issues, Romney led on all but one including the economy (+9
percent), foreign policy (+3 percent), spending (+15 percent), taxes (+7
percent), Medicare (+2 percent), and jobs (+10 percent). Ironically,
the one measurement Obama led Romney on was “standing up for the middle
class” (+8 Obama), reinforcing that often the Democrats win the message
war with the middle class, but not their hearts and souls."... via Drudge
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