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(Elizabeth Cromwell/ CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Public Policy Polling (PDF) (7/15-17, registered voters, 6/19-12 (PDF) in parens): Barack Obama : 45 (47) Mitt Romney : 45 (45) Undecided : 10 (8) Barack Obama : 48 (50) Tim Pawlenty : 39 (39) Undecided : 13 (11) Barack Obama : 48 (48) Herman Cain : 36 (38) Undecided : 16 (14) Barack Obama : 53 (52) Sarah Palin : 37 (38) Undecided : 9 (10) Barack Obama : 48 Michele Bachmann : 41 Undecided : 11 (MoE: ±3.2%) Tom Jensen headlined this poll by saying Obama is in “perilous” shape.

(Romney photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)   Public Policy Polling (6/30-7/5, New Hampshire Republican primary voters): Mitt Romney: 25 Michele Bachmann: 18 Sarah Palin: 11 Ron Paul: 9 Herman Cain: 7 Rick Perry: 7 John Huntsman: 6 Tim Pawlenty: 6 Newt Gingrich: 4 Someone else/not sure: 7 (MoE: ±5.3%) If Sarah Palin doesn’t run, Romney maintains a seven point lead: Mitt Romney: 28 Michele Bachmann: 21 Ron Paul: 9 Rick Perry: 9 Herman Cain: 7 John Huntsman: 7 Tim Pawlenty: 6 Newt Gingrich: 4 Someone else/not sure: 9 (MoE: ±5.3%) It’s hard to compare these numbers to

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, who appears poised to run for the
White House in 2012, is sliding in popularity even among members of her own
Republican party, according to a new poll.

MSNBC’s First Read : the GOP’s brand is still a mess. According to the poll, just 25% have a positive opinion of the party (compared with 42% for the Dem Party), which ties the GOP’s low-water mark in the survey and which is a worse score than it ever had during the Bush presidency. (Honest question: Can the party still blame Bush for their problems if their numbers have gotten lower since he left the scene?) In addition, only 23% approve of the way in which congressional Republicans have handled health care (compared with 43% for Obama).

Research 2000 for Daily Kos , New York’s 23rd District, 10/19/09-10/21/09, Likely Voters, MoE +/- 4% Bill Owens (D) 35 DeDe Scozzafava (R) 30 Doug Hoffman (C) 23 As promised earlier in the week, DK polls the contentious three-way battle in upstate New York to replace Republican Congressman John McHugh. Our findings, as it happens, mirror fairly closely the results of the other public poll (PDF file) in the race, which was released last week by Siena College.

Queues of voters have formed at polling stations across the US as the election battle draws to a close.

Journalist John C. Freed, writing for the International Herald Tribune, examines the differences in Western European support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama versus the reasons Americans support Senator Obama for president.