Republican Poll News--4.9.12

Poll: Both parties say Romney will be GOP nominee USA TODAY By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Nearly three-fourths of Republicans say Mitt Romney has sewn up the race for the GOP presidential nomination, according to a new poll that shows voters also tiring of the long primary fight. Seventy-four percent of ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Poll: Michigan Independents Shifting to Romney Wall Street Journal (blog) ... B. White Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is still running behind President Barack Obama in Michigan in a hypothetical vote, but he has narrowed the gap in part by capturing more support from independent voters, according to a new EPIC-MRA poll. See all stories on this topic »

American Crossroads, RNC ready anti-Obama campaigns CBS News Meanwhile, a new poll released today highlights the opening with independents that American Crossroads sees: "Swing independents" -- independent voters who so far don't feel strongly about Mr. Obama or Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney -- like Mr. See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. Now what? Washington Post (blog) He will be the Republican presidential nominee this fall. But, now a bigger challenge awaits. A slew of recent polling shows him running well behind President Obama and with some of the highest unfavorable ratings of any presidential nominee at this ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll has Lugar ahead of Mourdock but lead is within margin of error Reporter-Times Richard Lugar with a lead over his challenger, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, but the spread is within the poll's margin of error. The Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll shows Lugar with 42 percent of the likely Republican primary voters ... See all stories on this topic »

Can the campaign of "hope" go negative? Washington Post (blog) The national Republican Party this week sets out on a quest to label President Obama a "hypocrite," seeking to contrast his 2008 message of hope and results with his 2012 campaign's already more combative and negative tone. It begins this week with a ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll: Americans think auto bailouts helped economy Detroit Free Press The Harris Poll referred to the government's moves as "bailouts" in questions to respondents. About 59% of Democrats say the bailouts helped the economy, while 33% of Republicans and 48% of independents agreed. The poll also found that the public would ... See all stories on this topic »

The other gender gap: Obama struggles to make gains among male voters Fox News When pitted against Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner, the trend holds. Romney often captures the men, while Obama wins the women. In a Fox News Poll released last month, only 43 percent of men said they approved of the job Obama was ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

Pew Poll: Clean Energy Is A Political Wedge Among Republicans ThinkProgress However, a new poll from the Pew Research Center finds that clean energy has far more support than fossil fuels support across the political spectrum — except among conservative Republican males. Pew found that 52% of Americans believe "alternative" ... See all stories on this topic » ThinkProgress