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New ABC/WaPo Poll: A Lot of People Dislike Mitt

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simoom3/28/2012 1:51:10 pm PDT

Another Poll from today (CNN/ORC) shows a double-digit general election match-up lead:

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

If the general election were held today instead of in early November, 54% of registered voters say they would back Obama, with 43% supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the front-runner in the GOP nomination battle. That’s up from a five-point 51%-46% advantage the president held over Romney in February.

And Obama would have a 55%-42% lead over Santorum, the former senator from Pennsylvania who’s Romney’s main rival right now for the nomination. The president led Santorum by a seven-point 52%-45% margin last month.

“President Obama currently wins majority support among groups that have been problematic for him in the past, including men, older voters, and suburbanites,” says CNN Poling Director Keating Holland. “He has a solid lead among independents as well.”

Still extremely wary of all the current early polling — just have a gut feeling the election is going to be a brutal slog.