President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama 47% Vs. Romney 45%
According to the latest PPP Poll.
November 2012 is a long way off but at this point PPP’s national polling is finding 2 tiers of electability for the Republican Presidential candidates. The first tier is Mitt Romney. The second tier is everyone else. Our monthly national poll finds Romney within 2 points of Barack Obama at 47-45, the closest he’s been in 7 months. The rest of the Republicans tested all trail the President by double digits.
Romney’s improved standing against Obama is another sign of his increasing strength with GOP voters. Obama’s level of support is pretty similar to where it’s been throughout the year but Romney’s gone from a 64 point lead with Republicans (77-13) on our last national poll to now a 77 point advantage with them (86-9) on this one. GOP partisans are increasingly saying that whether they support Romney in the primary or not, they’re happy to vote for him in the fall.
Against the rest of the Republican field Obama continues to hold comfortable leads. It’s 10 points over Herman Cain at 48-38, 11 points over Tim Pawlenty at 50-39, 13 over Newt Gingrich at 52-39, and 14 over Sarah Palin at 52-38.
So, what does this all mean?
Republican voters are becoming comfortable with Mitt Romney as the front-runner and as the potential GOP nominee. Should conservatives (other than Michele Bachmann who is already in the race) decide to run, they better declare very quickly.
Are you listening, Texas Governor Rick Perry?