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2012
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER PUBLIC OPINION POLL (PRESENTED BY
SUSQUEHANNA BANK) REVEALS OBAMA HAS EIGHT POINT LEAD IN
PENNSYLVANIA FOLLOWING THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Voter Interest in 2012 Political Campaigns Increased by 11
Points Since Last Month
PHILADELPHIA (October 11, 2012)In a new Philadelphia
InquirerPennsylvania poll presented bySusquehanna Bank and
published this morning, President Barack Obama leads Republican
Presidential
Nominee Mitt Romney by 8 points among likely voters in
Pennsylvania, with 50% of voters in favor of
the President and 42% in favor of Romney. The first presidential
debate appears to have not
significantly impacted poll respondents in changing their
candidate preference, with data indicating a
3-point decrease in Obamas lead in the Garden State since the
lastInquirerpublic opinion poll waspublished in September following
the national conventions. The current poll was conducted October
4
through October 8 among 600 voters in Pennsylvania who are
likely to cast a ballot in the November 6
presidential election, with a margin of error +/- 4%.
The poll results also indicated that voter interest in the
Presidential campaigns increased by 11 points,
with 69% reporting they are extremely or very interested in the
upcoming election. Republicans
(74% interested) expressed more interest in the presidential
campaign than either Independents (68%
interested) or Democrats (65% interested). The poll revealed
that opinions of Romney have narrowly
changed in the past month, with a 47% favorable/49% unfavorable
opinion of the Presidential nominee,
compared to poll results in September. Obama is viewed favorably
by 55% of voters, while 42%
reported an unfavorable opinion of the President. Favorable
opinions of the Republican Vice
Presidential nominee, Paul Ryan, have increased since the
September poll by 4 points, with a 42%
favorable/40% unfavorable opinion. Vice President Bidens
favorability ratings have remained stable
over the past month, with a 52% favorable/40% unfavorable
response in the current poll.
Likely voters were polled on their opinions regarding the first
Presidential debate, with 79% reportingthey watched some of the
debate, including 43% who reported they watched all 90 minutes.
Following
the first debate, 65% of those polled who watched the event, or
viewed news coverage of it, reported
Romney as the winner. The poll indicated only 15% believed that
Obama won the debate. The majorityof Democrats polled believe that
Romney won the debate, with 52% reporting Romney as the winner,
and 22% reporting that Obama was the winner.
For comprehensive poll results, please reference the
followingphilly.com URL:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/papoll/
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Poll Methodology
Philadelphia Inquirer/ Susquehanna Bank Pennsylvania public
opinion poll results are based on live telephone interviews
conducted October
4 through October 8 with 600 likely Presidential year voters
across Pennsylvania. The poll was conducted by a bipartisan team of
national
political pollsters. Overall results have been weighted to
adjust for variation in the sample. In theory, in 19 cases out of
20, results based on
such samples of all likely voters will differ by no more than
4.0 percentage points in either direction from what would have been
obtained by
seeking to interview all registered voters who are likely to
vote in the November 2012 election. Results based on smaller
subgroups have a
larger sampling error.
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