Poll Finds Rural Voters Favor GOP Choices
[imgbelt img=RuralchoiceCNN.jpg]A CNN/ORC survey taken last week finds that Obama leads, though rural voters prefer the Republican candidates.
</p><p>Nationwide, Obama was favored in each of the four hypothetical contests, but differences among rural and urban voters were striking.<br /> <!--break--><br /> Asked to choose between Obama and Romney, urban voters favored Obama 63% to 34%; rural voters favored Romney 63% to 32%. Similarly, given the choice between Obama and Ron Paul, urban voters preferred Obama 63% to 33%, while rural voters chose Congressman Paul 61% to 35%.</p><p>Information released with the poll Monday did not clarify how “rural,” “urban” and “suburban” voters were identified as such. (Often, people are asked if they live in urban, rural or suburban communities, giving the choice to the person polled.) The poll’s summary does note a fairly large range of sampling error for the category “rural voters”: plus or minus 6.5%.</p><p>Readers can find the complete <a title=)
summary of the CNN/ORC poll here., President Obama took 57% of the urban vote in 2004. In the latest CNN/ORC poll, President Obama was the clear choice among urban voters by even wider margins against all four of the top Republican candidates.</p></div><div class=)
summary of the CNN/ORC poll here.