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| Barack Obama holds lead with boost |
| Barack Obama holds lead with boost from women: Poll
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 2-October-2012
8:25:33 AM |
| Women voters have lifted President Barack Obama over his Republican rival in the latest national poll out on Tuesday, just five weeks ahead of the November 6 Presidential election.
Mr Obama remains ahead of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney 49-45% among voters nationwide, with a 56-38% lead among women, according to the Quinnipiac University poll.
Mr Romney leads 52-42% among white voters and 53-42% among men, it found.
The poll came out a day before the first of three Presidential debates, high-stake bouts that could offer Mr Romney his last opportunity to reverse the momentum of the race, which has been against him for weeks.
The two candidates have long been running neck-and-neck in nationwide polls, but Mr Obama has pulled ahead in many of the crucial battleground states that -- because of the US voting system -- are likely to decide the race.
Mr Romney has reeled from a series of missteps in recent weeks -- including a fumbling response to the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya and a video of remarks dismissing 47% of Americans as unmotivated government dependents.
The poll found that 54-28% of voters expect Mr Obama to win Wednesday's debate, which could work in Mr Romney's favour by raising expectations about the President's performance.
However, debates are only believed to have decided elections on rare occasions, further ratcheting up pressure on Mr Romney to deliver.
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