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Poll Results: Predicting Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney


 
  
KDnuggets readers strongly prefer Barack Obama (63%) and 73% think he will win US Presidential election. Outside the US, Romney support is weak, except for a few countries.


Who do you prefer in 2012 US presidential election? [423 voters]

Barack Obama (267)  63%
Mitt Romney (115)  27%
another candidate (41)  10%

Who Who will win 2012 US Presidential Election?
Barack Obama (310)  73%
Mitt Romney (76)  18%
Not sure (37)  9%

This poll was conducted Oct 2-16, both before and after the first debate on Oct 3.

Of those who prefer Obama, 92% expect him to win, while among those who prefer Romney, only 59% expect him to win.

As of Oct 16 (before the second Obama - Romney debate), Nate Silver gives Obama 66% chance of winning, while Intrade for Barack Obama to be re-elected President in 2012 estimated his chance of winning at 61%.

Here is a regional distribution, where regions are grouped into low Romney support and high Romney support. Bar height is proportional to the number of voters.

Who do you prefer in 2012 US presidential election?
RegionBarack Obama Mitt Romneyanother
US (274)  57%  35%  8%
Canada, W. Europe, Australia/NZ, Latin America (103)  81%  7%  13%
E. Europe, Asia, Africa/Middle East (46)  61%  28%  11%

Looking at "Who do you prefer" by country, the strongest support for Romney was in

  • Israel, 100% (of 2 votes)
  • Poland, 50% (of 4 votes)
  • Turkey, 40% (of 5 votes)
  • India, 36% (of 11 votes)
  • US, 35% (of 274 votes)
  • Germany, 18% (of 17 votes)

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