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Obama Widens Lead Over Romney

And that is in the rightish Yahoo/AP headlines this morning.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll. I usually watch Nate Silver in the Times. He is not a pollster but a canny analyst. He figures the same.

Details are important. Obama leads Romney in even surprising categories of questions.

Obama increased his lead over Romney in certain favorable characteristics. Asked who was more "eloquent," 50 percent of the 1,720 registered voters questioned in the poll favored Obama, compared to 25 percent for Romney. Asked about being "smart enough for the job," 46 percent sided with Obama compared to 37 percent for Romney.
In fact, Obama led Romney in a dozen such favorable characteristics, such as "represents America" or "has the right values." The only such category in which Romney had an advantage was being "a man of faith," as 44 percent picked Romney, who is Mormon, compared to 31 percent for Obama, who is Christian.

It is interesting that even AP distinguishes Mormons as non-christians.

Labels: Re-election of Barack Obama