Obama leads by 5 in Wisconsin and Iowa

New Public Policy Polling surveys in Wisconsin and Iowa, conducted on behalf of Health Care for America Now, find Barack Obama leading by 5 points in each state. In Iowa the spread is 50/45, representing a 3 point increase in Obama’s advantage compared to a week ago. In Wisconsin he’s at 51% to Mitt Romney’s 46%, almost identical to 51/45 on the previous poll.

Key findings from the surveys include:

-Obama has a 7 point lead with independent voters in each state, 47/40 in Iowa and 50/43 in Wisconsin.

-A majority of voters in each state has a favorable opinion of Obama, 50/46 in Iowa and 52/46 in Wisconsin. Meanwhile Romney draws negative reviews in each at 46/51 in Iowa and 47/49 in Wisconsin.

-Obama has a wide advantage over Romney on two key issues in each state. Voters trust him more than Romney to stand up for the middle class by a 52/45 margin in Iowa and a 52/46 one in Wisconsin. And they trust him more to protect Medicare as well, 50/43 in Iowa and 52/44 in Wisconsin.

-Obama’s already built up a wide lead among early voters in Iowa that may be hard for Romney to overcome. He’s up 64/35 with those who say they’ve already voted.

Full results here

Comments

[Ross]

I have a question about you conduct your phone interviews when you conduct them on behalf of another organization (in this case Health Care for America Now). I'm wondering if when the person picks up the phone, do they hear:

"this is so-and-so at public policy polling we are conducting a poll on the election"

or

"this is so-and-so at public policy polling we are conducting a poll on the election on behalf of health care for america now."

I get the feeling that the second would lead to some people, who are against the affordable care act, to hang up the phone and would thus skew the results to the democratic candidate.

Thanks for your help