Barack Obama has held a small lead in our national tracking poll every night since Tuesday's debate and he now holds a 49/47 lead in our rolling three day average based on interviews conducted between Wednesday and Friday night. That's up slightly from a 48/47 advantage between Tuesday and Thursday.
Obama's favorability and approval numbers are both ticking up a little bit. 49% of voters now express a positive opinion of him to 46% with a negative one. That's up from a 48/48 spread previously. His approval numbers are still under water but he's up to 47% of voters approving of him and 49% disapproving, compared to 46/50 earlier in the week. Mitt Romney continues to have a slightly negative favorability rating with 47% of voters rating him positively and 48% unfavorably.
Obama has a 51/44 lead with women that outweighs Romney's 50/46 advantage with men. He continues to hold Romney below the key 20 point lead threshold with white voters at 57/39, while leading 60/35 with Hispanics and 85/10 with African Americans. Most of Obama's overall lead can be attributed to a 58/37 lead with voters under 30.
Full results here
Weird day at PPP...Obama takes the national lead while falling behind by a point in NH and IA. This month has been an interesting ride. Too interesting, in fact.
Posted by: Gern Blanston | October 19, 2012 at 10:42 PM
While the trend certainly suggests that Obama's poll bleeding might be slowing down, the victory remains misty. I automatically deduct 2 points from Obama's number in any PPP polls just like I take off 2 points from Romney's number in any Gallup and Rasmussen polls.
At any rate, I'll take current poll numbers anytime over what I was seeing just a few days ago. So there is some relief -- hopefully, it lasts.
Posted by: 3rd Avatar | October 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM