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May 10, 2012

Poll: Voters Really Like Obama

If November's election was based on likeability, President Barack Obama would win in a landslide, according to a Gallup Daily Tracking Poll released on Tuesday.

“Registered voters are nearly twice as likely to say Barack Obama, rather than Mitt Romney, is the more likable  of the two presidential candidates,” Gallup reported in story  headlined, “Obama Has Big Likability Edge Over Romney.”

Obama's 60 percent to 31 percent advantage on this characteristic is the largest for either candidate on five separate dimensions tested in a USA Today/Gallup Poll.

The poll also found that 51 percent of registered voters believe Obama cares about the average person, compared with 41 percent of voters who believe Romney does.  Forty-nine percent believe Obama is a strong, decisive leader, compared with 40 percent of voters who feel the same way about Romney.

In addition, 47 percent of voters said President Obama cares about issues they care about, versus 45 percent of voters who think Romney does. The former Massachusetts Governor, however, leads in the category measuring who can manage the economy more effectively. Romney had a three point edge, 46 percent to Obama's 43 percent.
Gallup Daily Tracking, which is based in Princeton, N.J., surveyed 872 registered voters 18 years and older.

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