# Poll: Romney vs. Obama: You Decide **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039 "2012-11-06T03:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/21 "2012-11-06T04:42:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, I think the media wants you to think that so that you’ll watch THEIR VERY IMPORTANT COVERAGE!!! Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/22 "2012-11-06T06:20:14Z")
Obama due to his expansion of health care, securing the economy, and a moderate course in foreign policy. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/23 "2012-11-06T06:31:24Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Obama due to his expansion of health care, securing the economy, and a moderate course in foreign policy. :dubious: Who the hell are you and what have you done with the real **Qin Shi Huangdi**? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/24 "2012-11-06T06:34:59Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > :dubious: Who the hell are you and what have you done with the real **Qin Shi Huangdi**? I indicated my policy shift in other thread before… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/25 "2012-11-06T06:37:48Z")
FYI: Its Willard Mitt Romney. (Hopefully today is the last day he’ll be important enough for me to remember his full name.) But I haven’t seen any convincing reason to distrust the poll averages, and they give a decent sized advantage to Obama, so I suspect he will win. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/26 "2012-11-06T11:02:32Z")
Obama is ahead in more than enough swing states to win, so unless there is a huge surge of apathy in going out to vote or major issues with the polling sites, it’s reasonable to expect him to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/27 "2012-11-06T12:09:46Z")
Obama, bar any serious vote tampering by the GOP, by a narrow margin in the popular vote and a larger margin in the electoral vote. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/28 "2012-11-06T12:17:20Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Romney 1. > > I can’t believe that after people have had the opportunity to see **the real Mitt Romney** , as opposed to the fabricated caricature that the Obama team tried to present, that they would not conclude that his experience is more apt to benefit us than 4 more years of Obama. [bolded mine] I have yet to see this mythical creature of which you speak. Perhaps you could describe it in detail to me so that I could compare notes? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/29 "2012-11-06T13:07:01Z")
Obama 79. Oh please let it be over soon. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/30 "2012-11-06T14:30:10Z")
Barack HUSSEIN Obama 85. I’ll accept the projections of the various poll aggregators, all of whom, I think, predict a narrow victory for the current President. On a personal level, I have listened very carefully for quite some time to the speechmaking of Mr. Romney, and I remain thoroughly confused as to what his positions actually are on several economic and social issues that are important to me. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/31 "2012-11-06T14:43:44Z")
Obama #86. I agree with his positions on social issues and his approach to the economy. I think Mitt would take us back to the failed policies of W. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/32 "2012-11-06T14:46:02Z")
Mittens 7. The polls are underestimating the anti-Obama enthusiasm. Romney 273, Obama 265 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/33 "2012-11-06T14:50:20Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > That, and I toasted a piece of rye bread this morning and I _swear_ Obama’s face was on it. Hey, I see him on white bread all the time. Obama. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/34 "2012-11-06T15:39:45Z")
Obama 97 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/35 "2012-11-06T16:36:10Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Romney 1. > > I can’t believe that after people have had the opportunity to see **the real Mitt Romney** , as opposed to the fabricated caricature that the Obama team tried to present, that they would not conclude that his experience is more apt to benefit us than 4 more years of Obama. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [bolded mine] > > I have yet to see this mythical creature of which you speak. Perhaps you could describe it in detail to me so that I could compare notes? Thanks. “It is like a pillar.” “No, it is like a rope.” “Actally, it is like a big hand fan.” “You’re all wrong, it is like a hard pointed spear.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/36 "2012-11-06T16:45:27Z")
Obama. Because of the economy, health care, foreign policy and general competence and integrity. Mr. Mitt’s view that magic can save the economy would be trouble, and people see that. Mitt: > [@](#): > > It depends, of course, which markets you’re talking about, which types of commodities and so forth, but my own view is, if we win on November 6th there will be a great deal of optimism about the future of this country. We’ll see capital come back, and we’ll see— **without actually doing anything** —we’ll actually get a boost in the economy. If the president gets reelected, I don’t know what will happen. I can never predict what the markets will do. Sometimes it does the exact opposite of what I would have expected. But my own view is that if we get the—the “Taxageddon,” as they call it, January 1st, with this president, and with a Congress that can’t work together, it really is frightening, really frightening in my view. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Penmanship](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bad\_Penmanship](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Penmanship)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/37 "2012-11-06T16:47:41Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Barack HUSSEINOn a personal level, I have listened very carefully for quite some time to the speechmaking of Mr. Romney, and I remain thoroughly confused as to what his positions actually are on several economic and social issues that are important to me. You sure aren’t the only one. I don’t think many people actually get what he’s tryna say. He never clarifies. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/38 "2012-11-06T17:00:16Z")
Won’t somebody please unskew this poll!! ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Penmanship](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bad\_Penmanship](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Penmanship)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/39 "2012-11-06T17:29:16Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Won’t somebody please unskew this poll!! Calm down, bro! ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039/40 "2012-11-06T17:30:04Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > :dubious: Who the hell are you and what have you done with the real **Qin Shi Huangdi**? Curtis LeMay is spinning in his grave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-romney-vs-obama-you-decide/640039.md?page=3)