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Pew poll indicates big debate bounce for Romney

by Mark Pazniokas October 8, 2012 @ 12:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 9:20 pm

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Pew poll indicates big debate bounce for Romney

by Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror
October 8, 2012

<h1>Pew poll indicates big debate bounce for Romney</h1>
<p class="byline">by Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror <br />October 8, 2012</p>

<p>Not a good day for fans of the president. As reported by WaPo, Pew’s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/10/08/pew-poll-romney-takes-four-point-lead-among-likely-voters/?wpisrc=al_politics_p" target="_blank">new national poll</a> shows Romney with a four-point lead (49 to 45 percent) after trailing by eight points before the Denver debate.</p>
<p>Yes, that’s a swing of 12 points.</p>
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Not a good day for fans of the president. As reported by WaPo, Pew’s new national poll shows Romney with a four-point lead (49 to 45 percent) after trailing by eight points before the Denver debate.

Yes, that’s a swing of 12 points.

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