Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll has good news for Republicans, and two of the Republican candidates. The ongoing daily survey of 500 likely voters shows Barack Obama’s job approval at 44/54, the lowest since the end of December in this series, and both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have leads in head-to-head matchups: Looking at Tuesday’s upcoming primaries, the GOP race in Alabama is essentially a three-way tie, while Mitt Romney leads by eight in Mississippi. Nationally, Romney now leads Rick Santorum by 12 points. Regardless of who they want to win, 80% of Republican Primary Voters nationwide believe Romney will be the party’s nominee.
With the perception growing that he will be the GOP nominee, Romney leads President Obama by five points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup. Today’s numbers show Romney at 48%, Obama at 43%. That’s Romney’s largest lead since December. If Santorum is the Republican nominee, he is up by one point over the president, 46% to 45%. This is the second time since polling began in 2011 that Santorum has had a slight lead over Obama. Romney is the only other candidate to lead the president more than one time in the polls.
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RCP Average
2/16 – 3/9
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48.8
45.0
Obama +3.8
Rasmussen Tracking
3/7 – 3/9
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43
48
Romney +5
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl
2/29 – 3/3
RV
50
44
Obama +6
Politico/GWU/Battleground
2/19 – 2/22
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53
43
Obama +10
USA Today/Gallup
2/20 – 2/21
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47
47
Tie
Associated Press/GfK
2/16 – 2/20
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51
43
Obama +8
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General Election: Santorum vs. Obama
Poll
Date
Sample
Obama (D)
Santorum (R)
Spread
RCP Average
2/16 – 3/9
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49.8
43.8
Obama +6.0
Rasmussen Tracking
3/7 – 3/9
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45
46
Santorum +1
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl
2/29 – 3/3
RV
53
39
Obama +14
Politico/GWU/Battleground
2/19 – 2/22
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53
42
Obama +11
USA Today/Gallup
2/20 – 2/21
881 RV
46
49
Santorum +3
Associated Press/GfK
2/16 – 2/20
1000 A
52
43
Obama +9
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Mitt Romney WILL be the man to challange Obama let’s hope that Romney could deliver a strong will in November with a strong VP like Rubio,Palin.
To Sam #2: Unfortunatly you’re wrong. Romney is thE establishment candidate. He will bend over backwards to try to make the media like him! He will move to the left. He is a RINO & couldn’t care less about Conservative values! Obama would beat him in a lanslide!