{"id":10723,"date":"2012-02-04T17:52:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T23:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=10723"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:34:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:34:36","slug":"new-poll-santorum-beats-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/02\/new-poll-santorum-beats-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"New poll: Santorum beats Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This news<\/a><\/strong> should give a few people pause:<\/p>\n

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 26% of the nation\u2019s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14 (see trends<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In a potential Election 2012 matchup, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is at 45% while President Obama earns 44%. This is the first time in any poll that Santorum has led the president. Several other GOP challengers have led the president a single time in the polls including Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich. Each man briefly held the lead while they were surging in the polls, only to fall quickly. It remains to be seen what will happen to Santorum\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

Santorum gets 78% of the Republican vote and leads by ten among those not affiliated with either major party. President Obama get 83% of the Democratic vote in that matchup. Santorum leads by 16 points among men but trails by 12 among women. As is typically the case in all matchups, the president leads among those under 40 while the GOP hopeful leads among those who are over 40.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This news should give a few people pause: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 26% of the nation\u2019s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14 (see trends). 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