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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVanderbilt poll: Obama closes gap with Romney
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120520/NEWS/305170107/Vanderbilt-poll-Obama-closes-gap-RomneyPresident Barack Obama has pulled into a virtual tie with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in traditionally conservative Tennessee, according to a new Vanderbilt University pol..
The poll also found that Tennesseans werent thrilled with the Republican-led General Assemblys frequent focus on social, cultural and religious issues this year. But Republican Gov. Bill Haslam managed to remain above the fray, winning approval from 61 percent of poll participants.
Tennessee is clearly a red state, said John Geer, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt. But these data show that the public is much more moderate than our state legislature.
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Weve been tracking it for some time, Freeman said Thursday. Weve watched it go from a solid-Republican (state) to a leaning-Republican to, we believe, a toss-up state now. We think were just a point or two behind and that winning Tennessee is in our grasp
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Vanderbilt poll: Obama closes gap with Romney (Original Post)
cal04
May 2012
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LonePirate
(13,437 posts)1. Obama will not win TN. He will be lucky if he is within 10 points.
Polls of residents 18 and over are simply not reliable for determining the winner of a presidential election.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)2. Interesting. nt
qazplm
(3,626 posts)4. not really
not a poll of even registered voters, much less likely voters.
I don't know why they wasted the money.
ananda
(28,895 posts)3. If that's the case..
.. Obama will win the general in a landslide.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. K & R