CNN Poll: Romney Has Advantage On Economy - Business Insider

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CNN's final pre-election poll finds, like many others today, that the race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney is locked in a tie at 49% just two days before Election Day.

Romney, however, has improved his standing by 3 points from CNN/ORC's previous poll, which was taken in late September right before the first presidential debate.?

And there's one question that serves as good news for Romney's main pitch that he would be better at turning around the nation's economy ? voters believe that he is the best candidate to do so.

In the new poll, 43% of likely voters surveyed said that the nation's economy would only get better if Romney was elected. Only 34% said the same would happen if Obama is re-elected, a significant change from August, when the president had a slim lead on the issue.?

Moreover, voters don't hold a very positive view of the nation's economy. Only 28% of those surveyed say the nation's economic conditions are good, compared with 71% that say they are poor. That's a worse reading for the economy from a CNN/ORC poll taken in early September, when 32% said it was good and 68% rated it as poor.

In most other issues in the poll, the candidates are tied. The two candidates have similar favorability ratings. Equal amounts of likely voters say they both have the qualities necessary to be president. And both sides are equally enthusiastic about voting.

Obama's approval rating, though, did rise to 51 percent in the poll, putting him above the magic number of 50 percent. Typically, incumbents that have an approval rating of 50 percent or above are easily re-elected. That continues the trend of what other polls have been finding in the past week.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-poll-romney-obama-economy-question-2012-11

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