Rasmussen: Romney, fuerte entre los independientes

Rasmussen:

Romney earns 43% support to the president’s 40% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters. Nine percent (9%) prefer some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are undecided.

(...) Obama has the support of 79% of Democrats, while 73% of Republicans back Romney. Among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties, the Republican leads by 13 points – 42% to 29%. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Tea Party members favor Romney. Non-members prefer the president 50% to 34%.

A generic Republican candidate earned the highest level of support to date against the president in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup for the week ending Sunday, September 4. The generic Republican picked up 49% support, while Obama earned 41%.

(...) Forty-four percent (44%) of voters say it is more accurate to describe the president’s views as mainstream, while the same number (44%) think his views are extreme. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided. Forty-eight percent (48%) characterize Romney’s views as mainstream. Twenty-six percent (26%) say they’re extreme, while another 26% are not sure.