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US Election: Barack Obama Opens Up Double Digit Lead Over Mitt Romney
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney in a new national poll, even though most say the US is on the wrong track.

While most surveys in recent weeks indicate a tight race for the White House culminating in the November election, but the new Bloomberg National Poll has President Obama leading his Republican challenger 53-40 per cent among likely voters.

And while the public gives the incumbent low marks on handling the economy, they prefer Mr Obama's vision over Mr Romney's for building on the recovery, despite a wave of poor economic data that has emerged in the past month.

Respondents to the June 15-18 poll say they prefer Mr Obama's vision over Mr Romney's by 49-33 per cent, up seven points since March, when the Republican nominee had yet to be decided.

The two campaigns have hammered each other on who would do better at boosting job growth and improving economic conditions overall.

Mr Romney argues that Mr Obama is in over his head, while the Obama re-election campaign paints Mr Romney, a multimillionaire ex-businessman and investor, as a former corporate raider bent on improving conditions for the wealthy. » | Source AFP | Wednesday, June 20, 2012