Politics
Election 2012: Obama extends lead over Romney to 7 points
The poll was conducted just after Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to mark the first anniversary of the killing of bin Laden. While in Afghanistan, Obama signed a strategic pact with Kabul and told Americans the war was winding down.
Romney, who has criticized Obama’s handling of Afghanistan and for setting a timeline for a troop withdrawal, accused the president of politicizing bin Laden’s death.
But the poll showed that 51 percent of registered voters thought Obama was stronger on Afghanistan and on terrorism while 28 percent said Romney had a stronger position on Afghanistan.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey, conducted over landlines and cell phones, is considered accurate within 2.9 percentage points for the total sample. Among registered voters it has a margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.
(To see full text of poll click on http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5621)
(For graphic click on http://link.reuters.com/kub28s)
