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NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk residents have made more contributions to President Barack Obama’s campaign but have given more money overall to his opponent Mitt Romney. Obama is polling higher among likely voters throughout the state.
As of the end of August, Obama received 178 contributions from Norwalk residents, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Those contributions total $87,303. Romney received 106 contributions, totaling $119,890.
According to a recent poll by Quinnipiac University, more Connecticut residents support Obama in the election than Romney. Fifty-two percent of likely voters say they would vote for Obama, while 45 percent say they would vote for Romney. But 12 percent of Obama supporters and 12 percent of Romney supporters say they could change their minds.
Women polled say they support Obama, 59 percent to 38 percent, while men support Romney, 53 percent to 45 percent. Obama leads all income brackets except those making more than $100,000 per year, who are split 49-49 between the two candidates. Independents support Romney, 49 percent to 47 percent.
Norwalk Republicans overwhelmingly supported Romney during the presidential primary in April. Romney received 780 of the 1,097 votes cast, or 71.1 percent. Since winning the primary, he has received 54 contributions totaling $42,820. Since choosing Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate in August, he has received five contributions totaling $4,200.
The economy is the most important issue among the 1,472 people polled by Quinnipiac. Medicare was also extremely important to potential voters. Of those polled, 49 percent said they believe Romney would be better for the economy, compared with 44 percent who believe Obama would be better. Fifty-one percent said they believe Obama would be better for Medicare, compared with 41 percent who believe Romney would be better.
Comments (35)
Looks like a landslide for Obama ..The Republicans are running scared..
CLINTON 2016
From 2000 to 2008 debt held by the public rose from 35% to 40%, and to 62% by the end of fiscal year 2010.During the presidency of George W. Bush, the gross public debt increased from $5.7 trillion in January 2001 to $10.7 trillion by December 2008, due to decreasing tax rates and two unpaid wars. Federal spending under President George W. Bush remained at around 40% of GDP during his two terms in office; however, the combination of less tax revenue, two wars, a financial meltdown in 2008, the Stimulus and increased federal spending sent the public debt skyrocketing to 63% during Barack Obama's first two years in office (2009-2010). Under President Barack Obama, the debt increased from $10.7 trillion in 2008 to $15.5 trillion by February 2012, caused mainly by decreased tax revenue due to the late-2000s recession and stimulus spending.
So again, I'm not convinced tax cuts are the answer.
WOW
I actually agree with Broads River
What i find comical is these republicans saying Romney is a job creator..I have news for you the government does not create jobs. The issue with jobs is simple as so many companies went under when the Republican village idiot war criminal Bush was president that it will take time to rebound. I would think that even the dumbest republicans would understand that it take longer to fix a problem than to create it..We need not forget Bush was president for 8 years and Obama inherited the mess and is doing a fine job of rebounding. Also let us not forget that we were days away from a depression when Bush left office..Obama turned this around
Thank God
Both JFK and Reagan cut taxes. The result from both of those actions was an increase in jobs because there was more capital to invest.
Listen to JFK for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdXrfIMdiU
Kennedy ramped up the war machine and insisted on a manned mission to the moon, you bet he created jobs. Unemployment dropped like a rock, between government jobs in NASA and the Armed Services not to mention the Peace Corps and a few fleeing to Canada. New claims for unemployment dropped also, partially due to wounded and the dead. If you couldn't find a job in the 60's something was very wrong with you.
Isn't Reagan the guy who went on national TV and stated he would Not Let Chrysler Fail? I made a fortune in the market over those next 3 years.
Economist Mike Kimel notes that the five former Democratic Presidents (Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Harry S. Truman) all reduced public debt as a share of GDP, while the last four Republican Presidents (George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford) all oversaw an increase in the country's indebtedness
From 1981 to 1989, nominal debt held by public nearly tripled. On the one hand, President Ronald Reagan increased military spending and lowered tax rates. (Reagan slashed the top income tax rate from 70% to 28%, (what is it now?) although bills passed in 1982 and 1984 later partially reversed those tax cuts.)
History has a way of making people forget. The same as Bush's crisis that fell upon his successor who ever that was going to be.
My friend ran the Hedge Fund for Lehman's. Thanksgiving of 2006 he left his 7 figure job and car services driving him home to Mamarroneck for a job in Greenwich for 350K a year and told me to get out of the market. He knew what was coming and he knew what he was doing for the 3 or 4 years before that was wrong even if it made him a multimillionaire. When I told him that Thanksgiving, you guys have been writing bad paper and he was going to burn in hell, he told me ' I'm Jewish, we don't have a hell'.
I'm not taking a side in any political discussion but don't let one success or failure define a party. What we are still experiencing is due mostly to Bush and it is Global, you can't tell me there isn't anybody that could fix this that hasn't tried. In 2005 my house was worth twice ( on paper ) what it is today and somebody has that money as they do from the entire global economy and we will have to pay that off before or equity begins to rise again and when it does inflation will rise again also. leaving me where I began,..with an honest price for my home, like it or not. Why didn't I sell my house in 05? Where was I going to buy? South Carolina?
It's global and when the tide goes out all boats lower the same, big and small.
I like Obama, not because of anything else except I feel his heart is in the right place. It's emotional. I always try to use my intellect over emotion but I'm afraid of Mit showing a lack of foreign diplomacy.Saber rattling unnerves me. If Obama didn't achieve somethoing for us it wasn't due to a lack of trying. Who ever wins I hope it turns out well.
Just a few of the many many Obama Accomplishments
Passed Wall Street Reform
Ended the War in Iraq
Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan
Eliminated Osama bin laden
Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry
Recapitalized Banks
Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Toppled Moammar Gaddafi
Passed Health Care Reform
Reversed Bush Torture Policies
Created Race to the Top
Increased Support for Veterans
Tightened Sanctions on Iran
What the heck are you talking about? The dot come bubble burst and subsequent recession reached full speed by the time Bush came into office (quick reference: wikipedia wiki/Dot_com_bubble#The_bubble_bursts).
Bush inherited a rapidly faltering economy (some might say failing); and growing foreign hostilities that came to a head about 8 months into his presidency with the attacks on September 11th. Not only that, some of the crucial deregulation that caused the 2008 collapse was signed into law just before Bush took office, by Clinton.
Obama has wanted to extend the Bush tax cuts almost every year. The lead that got us to Osama was started in 2005. He never touched Ghaddafi. It was the Libyans who did it. And he was following a timetable set by Bush to get out of Iraq. In fact he wanted to stay longer, but the deal to grant US troops immunity and keep troops in Iraq fell through. If the Iraqis hadn't insisted on not giving us that immunity we'd still be in Iraq right now.
We're still over the unemployment rate that Obama came in with (and it's even higher when you count for people who have given up work). Or job growth is not at a fast enough rate to offset the amount of jobs that need to be created. As for continuous GDP growth, we've had straight GDP growth since mid-November of last year.
Obama hasn't been able to solve the deficit problem at all. The automatic spending cuts are a BAD thing. They're across the board. And that is because of a break down in talks last year. Obama had agreed to a deal with the Republicans and the Democrats didn't want to accept it. He can't get his own party in line, how the heck do you expect him to effectively compromise with anyone?
Stop posting made up opinions. You simply refuse to see the truth, because the Liberal media tells you lies.
LMAO, nice try TIM T!!
Getting caught up in your SPAM, changed names huh?
What a shock...
Funny the only spam I see is from Pony tail steve as in his above post..or is it ffctguitar?
Mitt had to take out a $20 million loan to make ends meet and is now $11 million in debt with more than six weeks left to go in the campaign:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/18/romney-campaign-has-11-million-debt/
We are laughing hysterically how the Republicans are running scared.
I thought you were too busy spending $70k tax dollars to APOLOGIZE to Muslims for killing our ambassador?
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/unreal-obama-cuts-ads-in-pakistan-apologizing-for-free-speech-in-america-video/
And the GOP is scared? I think you are afraid of losing gov hand outs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLelSaD1zHU
"hope and change". The only words spoken by our "resident" I think we certainly are in need of come November...
Just get out the vote Democrats.
You want four more years of the same thing? Why in God's name would you vote for someone that cannot get anything done? Obama has ZERO private sector experience. We need someone that knows how to create jobs, and we all know its NOT Owebama!
The amount doesn't matter. Each different donor is a vote. Linda McMahon and Ned Lamont have had big bank accounts but neither can win an election...it's about those $5 donations that don't break your bank but show your commitment.
Fortunately, Romney will not buy the election. It will be the number of votes that count and he will probably get about 106 for each 178 the President gets in Norwalk.
No surprise in those numbers. Romney obviously appeals to the voters who have done well and can afford to write bigger checks. The president appeals to the rest of us. Romney will take care of the rich, Obama will take care of the rest of us. The real challenge will be voter turnout. A lot of us who are just barely making a living work for wealthy repubs who do not make it easy for us to get to the polls.
Old Timer;
Romney obviously appeals to the voters who have done well and can afford to write bigger checks. The president appeals to the rest of us.
Really? We've lost some serious income during the last four years. And I'm told I'll be paying even more taxes come January 1st. That's not what I would call appealing.
Speaking of writing bigger checks, after reading several of the recent Letters to the Editor from the local Democratic party, particularly Mr. Kimmich's diatribe, you can be very, very, very sure that I will be scrapping together some kind of money to send to Romney. I guess your comment explains the recent campaign appeal for wedding gifts, graduation gifts, and the proceeds from yard sales. I don't ever remember any other candidate wanting me to donate the $5.00 I made when I sold a bunch of video tapes.
just barely making a living work for wealthy repubs
I work for myself. I guess I don't have to worry about working for a wealthy Republican, but if I could get a job with one, I'd take it.
wealthy repubs who do not make it easy for us to get to the polls.
I've been voting for 40 years. Every election, I've received calls from various campaign promoting their candidates, and asking if I needed an absentee ballot or a ride on Election Day. I have absolutely no idea where you vote, but I've never had a problem getting to the polls.
However, I would be curious to know exactly how the Republicans (who I believe statistically are in the minority in this city) have made it more difficult for residents to get to the polls. I'm sure that the Registrars of Voters and possibly the State would also be extremely interested. Dates and locations would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
I'm not surprised that a few wise people contributed more money than many not so smart ones. A quick look at our state & country should make it obvious that electing Democrats is a great way to ruin the state and country. Our states been run by democrats for decades it seems and costs across the board have skyrocketed, unless of course you are on public assistance. Moccia is not perfect, but replacing him with a Democrat would be stupid and hurt the city's taxpayers in a big way. Its already ridiculously expensive here.
AMEN KEN!!
If Democrats could tax air, they would. TAX TAX TAX TAX, instead of CREATE.
Back it up, don't just post made up nonsense...
Interesting headline, given that all the other stats favor Obama.
Polls have them tied, the debates will be great!
WRONG AGAIN
The polls have Obama ahead..The only polls that have them tied are the wacko right wing polls..Also check the electoral vote as Obama has already won
YES WE CAN
AND
YES WE DID AGAIN
HILLERY 2016
Debora
Its a done deal as it will be an Obama landslide...
2012 Obama
2016 Clinton
Hopefully we will never see another Republican in the White House after the mess the village idiot Republican war criminal Bush created.
Once again, are you claiming that the election is already fixed, Tim? Both you and Old Timer seem to think so.
@Paige
Once again you are attempting to put words in other posters mouths. I and what I see of old Timers posts never stated the election was fixed. What I did state is that it is clear by the polls of the popular vote and electoral vote and not to mention Romney's continual putting his foot in his mouth that Obama will win. You may want to consider having someone read the post to you as you do not seem to be able to comprehend. Maybe you are just setting the ball in motion for your excuse when Romney loses..Oh it was fixed.
HAHAHA
YES WE CAN
Tim -
You said, "Its a done deal as it will be an Obama landslide..."
Old Timer said that he was happy that Romney couldn't buy his way into office.
There's little or no ambiguity in either statement. Those are your words and Old Timer's, not mine.
Paige, remember when everyone thought Carter was going to win? And Reagan saved the day? It was the same thing, even the polls. I hope America wakes up, and history will repeat itself. We really need a true leader, a job creator. Not a food stamp giver!
Oh please get over it Romney has no chance..you know how that is don't you?
You might want to check out this link:
http://www.unskewedpolls.com/
HAHAHA
Known to be a wacko right wing website..Figures you would be on it.
"given more money overall to his opponent Mitt Romney"
Norwalk voters are also the same idiots that elected Moccia..I think that says it all
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