Politics
Elections 2012: Obama widens lead over GOP opponents
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File
President Obama leads GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney by 10 percent, according to a Suffolk University poll released on Monday.
Obama leads Romney 47 percent to 37 percent, and leads Rick Santorum 49 percent to 37 percent.
Of the 1,070 people the poll surveyed, 39 percent were Democrats, 34 percent were Republicans, and 22 percent were either independent or unaffiliated.
The poll was conducted between March 21 and 25, and has a 3 percent margin of error.
According to the Suffolk survey, the president’s job approval rating is at 46 percent, with 45 of those surveyed percent saying they disapprove. This is in line with most other current polls.
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