PPP: Obama up by double digits in New Mexico
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS |
9/12/12 12:02 PM EDT
New numbers out from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling shows President Obama and Martin Heinrich both leading their respective races in New Mexico, Obama by double digits:
— Martin Heinrich leads Heather Wilson 50-41. His lead was only 5 points on each of PPP’s previous 2 polls of the race this year.
— Wilson has extremely high negatives, with only 38% of voters viewing her favorably to 50% who have a negative opinion of her. Meanwhile Heinrich is proving to be a pretty popular candidate with 45% of voters rating him positively to 35% with a negative opinion. ...
— New Mexico is also looking good for President Obama. He leads Romney 53-42 in the state, a six point increase from when we polled the state in July and found him ahead by only 5 points.
The PPP numbers are a counterpoint to a poll from the Albuquerque Journal earlier this week that found the presidential race within 5 points in the state. As Alex pointed out then, New Mexico is going to be a tough state for Republicans to win this year, on the Senate level or the presidential level, and the PPP data today help show why that's the case.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/ppp-obama-heinrich-up-double-digits-in-new-mexico-135306.html
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