“A new Fox News poll finds President Obama got a five point bounce among women and a 12-point bounce among independents from the Democratic convention,” Political Wire writes. “Obama now leads Mitt Romney by five points among likely voters, 48% to 43%.”
Meanwhile, an EPIC-MRA poll finds Obama leading Romney by 10 points in Michigan, 47%-37%.
“The country’s poverty rate dropped by an insignificant tick -- from 15.1 percent to 15 percent -- but the number of impoverished Americans remained at record highs, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau Wednesday morning,” the Boston Globe notes, adding, “The bureau said 46.2 million live in poverty. To meet the threshold, a family of four would have made less than $23,021 in pre-tax income, not including such government noncash benefits as food stamps. The threshold the previous year was $22,350 for a family of four in the continental United States.”
Meanwhile, an EPIC-MRA poll finds Obama leading Romney by 10 points in Michigan, 47%-37%.
“The country’s poverty rate dropped by an insignificant tick -- from 15.1 percent to 15 percent -- but the number of impoverished Americans remained at record highs, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau Wednesday morning,” the Boston Globe notes, adding, “The bureau said 46.2 million live in poverty. To meet the threshold, a family of four would have made less than $23,021 in pre-tax income, not including such government noncash benefits as food stamps. The threshold the previous year was $22,350 for a family of four in the continental United States.”