Month: October 2012

Opponents and supporters of #Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi clash in Tahrir Square, 41 people injured

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Opponents and supporters of #Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi clash in Tahrir Square, 41 people injured

41 people injured as opponents and supporters of Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi clash in Tahrir Square – @Reuters
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A protester gestures in front of a burning Muslim Brotherhood bus during clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in Tahrir square in Cairo, October 12, 2012. The health ministry said at least 12 people were wounded as protesters showered each other with stones, after Mursi supporters tore down a podium from which anti-Brotherhood chants were being orchestrated. REUTERS-Mohamed Abd El Ghany
A man walks in front of a burning Muslim Brotherhood bus during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi in Tahrir square in Cairo, October 12, 2012. The health ministry said at least 12 people were wounded as protesters showered each other with stones, after Mursi supporters tore down a podium from which anti-Brotherhood chants were being orchestrated. REUTERS-Mohamed Abd El Ghany
A fire man tries to extinguish a burning Muslim Brotherhood bus during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi in Tahrir square in Cairo, October 12, 2012. The health ministry said at least 12 people were wounded as protesters showered each other with stones, after Mursi supporters tore down a podium from which anti-Brotherhood chants were being orchestrated. REUTERS-Mohamed Abd El Ghany
1 of 10. A protester gestures in front of a burning Muslim Brotherhood bus during clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in Tahrir square in Cairo, October 12, 2012. The health ministry said at least 12 people were wounded as protesters showered each other with stones, after Mursi supporters tore down a podium from which anti-Brotherhood chants were being orchestrated.  Credit: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany  By Yasmine Saleh and Marwa Awad CAIRO | Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:45pm EDT (Reuters) – Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed in Cairo on Friday in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office. Islamists and their opponents threw stones, bottles and petrol bombs, and some fought hand-to-hand, showing how feelings still run high between the rival groups trying to shape the new Egypt after decades of autocracy, although the streets have generally been calmer since Mursi’s election in June.

#STRANGE? Poll with Dem+8 over sample Obama Leads 47-45, poll with no over sample ROMNEY 57%, OBAMA 42%

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ROMNEY 57%, OBAMA 42% — QStarNews Daily Tracking Poll for 10/5 

Friday, October 05, 2012 8:03:28 PM
QStarNews Daily Tracking Poll 

211 likely voters surveyed October 4, 2012 

Choice of tickets for president/vice president: 

Obama/Biden 41.78 percent
Romney/Ryan 56.64 percent
Johnson/Gray 0.00 percent 

Approval and Disapproval of Barack Obama’s performance as president 

Strongly Approve 20.18 percent
Somewhat Approve 21.29 percent
Somewhat Disapprove 12.22 percent
Strongly Disapprove 44.76 percent 

Total approval and disaproval: 

Approve 41.47 precent
Disapprove 56.98 percent 

We also asked who won the first debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney: 

If you watched the first debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, who do you believe won the debate? 

0.47% Barack Obama
88.26% Mitt Romney
1.88% Neither or tied
0.47% I did not see the debate 

If you did not watch the debate, from what you heard, who do you think won the debate? 

0.0% Barack Obama
100.0% Mitt Romney

Battle for presidency remains close in new CNN poll

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Battle for presidency remains close in new CNN poll
 
October 1st, 2012
03:59 PM ET
 
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Battle for presidency remains close in new CNN poll

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Washington (CNN) – Two days before the first presidential debate, a new national survey indicates a very close contest between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the race for the White House.
And according to a CNN/ORC International poll, neither candidate appears to have an edge on the economy, which remains the top issue on the minds of Americans and which may dominate Wednesday night’s debate on domestic issues in Denver.

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Fifty-percent of likely voters questioned in the CNN survey, which was released Monday, say that if the election were held today, they would vote for the president, with 47% saying they would support Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. The president’s three point margin is within the poll’s sampling error.
Three other national polls of likely voters released in the past 24 hours also indicate a tight race. The other surveys are from ABC News/Washington Post, Politico/George Washington University, and American Research Group. A CNN Poll of Polls which averages all four surveys plus a Fox News poll released late last week puts Obama at 49% and Romney at 46% among likely voters.
In the CNN/ORC poll, the national horse race stands pretty much where it was just before the two back-to-back party conventions in late August and early September.
“That’s a strong suggestion that whatever bounce President Obama received from his convention has, as expected, faded away,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “That’s why they call them ‘bounces’.”