LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama continues to have low approval ratings, but when asked to choose among presidential candidates, likely voters are more likely to choose the president over leading Republican challengers, according to the Politico/ George Washington University Battleground Poll released Monday.
The poll, based on interviews from Nov. 6 to Nov. 9 with 1,000 people who said they are likely to vote, offers something for both parties. Republicans tie Obama at 43 percent in a generic face- off, but when a real face is put up against the president, Obama wins.
According to the poll, Obama is running ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by 6 percentage points and ahead of businessman Herman Cain by 9 percentage points. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
