Latest Reuters Poll Shows Obama With 7 Point Lead Nationally

Earlier, Right Wing Rasmussen posted one of its famous "fair and balanced" polls which, as is generally the case, skewed about ten points in the Republican conservative right wing direction. But now an actually fair and unbiased poll has once again demonstrated that people who rely on Rasmussen for anything approaching accuracy are probably spending way too much time looking for nonexistent Kenyan Australian birth certificates.

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Reuters Poll: Obama By 7 Nationally

3:32 PM EDT, Tuesday May 8, 2012

A new national poll conducted by research firm Ipsos and sponsored by Reuters shows President Obama leading former Massachusetts Gov. and likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney by 7 points, 49 percent to 42 percent, an improvement from March’s Reuters poll which showed a 4 point lead for Obama. The President’s approval rating is also up to 50 percent in the poll against 47 percent disapproval, which was tied even at 49 percent last month. From their analysis:

In another indicator that the debate this election will center on the economy, jobs and domestic policy, voters are closely divided on the relative strength of Obama and Romney on jobs and the economy, taxes, and immigration.

Obama is strong on foreign policy, indicating recent Republican attacks in this area will be less effective. Currently majorities of voters prefer Obama on the war on terror and Afghanistan policies.