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发帖数: 4174 | 1 More Americans would prefer to see Barack Obama re-elected than would prefer
a Republican to win in 2012, according to a new poll released today by the
Pew Research Center.
In total, 48 percent of respondents said they would rather see Obama re-
elected, while 35 percent said they would prefer a Republican and 16 percent
didn't know. Among registered voters, 47 percent favored Obama and 37
percent preferred a Republican.
By comparison, a Pew survey of registered voters in April 2003 found 48
percent wanted to see George W. Bush re-elected and 35 percent wanted to
elect a Democrat. At the time, Bush's approval rating was higher than Obama'
s is now, and more people said they were satisfied than dissatisfied with
the direction of the country.
In March 1995, only 29 percent of adults in a Pew survey said they would
prefer to re-elect Bill Clinton, while 33 percent said they favored a
Republican and 20 percent wanted an independent candidate. Having "
independent" as an option in that survey makes it difficult to compare
directly to Obama's current position.
The new survey also looked at Republican primary candidates: Among
Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, Mitt Romney and Mike
Huckabee led the field, with 21 percent and 20 percent respectively. Sarah
Palin, with 13 percent; Newt Gingrich, with 11 percent; and Ron Paul, with
eight percent, trailed Romney and Huckabee, and several other candidates
received between two and three percent support.
Conducted March 8-14, the poll targeted 1,525 adults and has a margin of
error of three percentage points. Respondents to the Republican primary
question included 538 Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters;
results for the smaller sample have a margin of error of 5.5 percentage
points. |
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