US Presidential Elections: Poll show Obama ‘ahead’ of Romney among early voters: 59 percent to 31 percent

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With the Nov. 6 election just three weeks away, U.S. President Barack Obama leads Republican candidate Mitt Romney by 59 percent to 31 percent among early voters, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled in recent weeks.

The sample size of early voters is relatively small, but the Democrat’s margin is still well above the poll’s credibility interval of 10 percentage points.

Some 7 percent of those surveyed said they had already voted either in person or by mail.
The online poll is another sign that early voting is likely to play a bigger role this year than in 2008, when roughly one in three voters cast a ballot before Election Day.

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