Election 2012: Generic Republican 49%, Obama 41%
A generic Republican candidate earns the highest level of support to date against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up for the week ending Sunday, September 4.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds the generic Republican earning 49% support, while the president picks up 41% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Last week, the president earned just 40% against the generic Republican, his lowest level of support since Rasmussen Reports began testing the match-up in early May. The latest findings mark the eighth week in a row the generic Republican has led Obama. Since early May, the Republican has earned 43% to 49% support, while the president has picked up 40% to 45% of the vote.
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