Only Ron Paul, Romney Can Beat Obama

From International Business Times:

 

Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul have better a chance of defeating incumbent President Barack Obama nationally, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll results.

 

Ron Paul, who has improved his national acceptability considerably in the past month, is behind Obama just by three points. Paul received 46 percent while Obama received 49 percent of votes from the registered voters.

 

According to the USA Today/Gallup poll, Romney has tied with Obama nationally at 48 percent and holds an edge over other Republican candidates in electability against the incumbent president.

 

The remaining two Republican candidates, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, perform badly against Obama. While Santorum has a deficit of eight points with Obama, in case of a head- to-head match with him, Gingrich trails the president by 12 points in a one-on-one battle.

 

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Source: Revolution PAC. Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore.

Ron Paul in Close Competition with Obama in Latest Poll

New poll shows Texas Congressman within margin of error to unseat incumbent President

 

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul remains competitive in a head-to-head matchup against incumbent President Barack Obama, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll.

 

Paul garners 46 percent of the vote to Obama’s 49 percent, within the +/- 4 percent margin of error for the survey.  Paul fares better among nationally registered voters than fellow GOP competitors Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.  Paul’s main competitor nationally, Mitt Romney, comes in tied with Obama at 48 percent, meaning Paul and Romney – the only candidates with the resources for a 50-state campaign – are within the error margin for unseating Obama.

 

“We’ve been saying this has been a two-man race between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, and this poll is further proof.  The survey also demonstrates Ron Paul’s competitive edge against the sitting President in a general election since Paul is the candidate capable of gaining support from independents and disenfranchised Democrats,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.

 

The results are based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 27th and 28th, with a random sample of 907 registered voters, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

 

For full poll results and methodology in PDF form, please click here.

 

This poll follows a January 16th CNN/ORC Poll showing Paul and Obama in a virtual tie in a general election showdown.  It also follows a CBS Poll from earlier this month showing independent voters’ preference for Paul over Obama by 7 percentage points.