September 20, 2012 11:54 PM UTC

New Poll Results Show Obama Lead Down to One Point

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• by: Mark Mehringer

President Obama’s lead over Mitt Romney has fallen to only one point over since our last poll in April showed him with an eight-point lead.  Support for Obama now stands at 45% (down from 47%), while support for Romney has grown to 44%.

Here are some of the highlights from the poll results:

Unaffiliated voters are now split between Obama and Romney, as 39% say they would vote for Romney if the election were held today, and 38% say they would vote for Obama.

• Obama’s support among Democrats has risen to 90%, up from 84% in April.  Only 3% of Democrats say they are undecided, while 6% say they will vote for Romney.

• Romney has not yet solidified his support among Republicans, as 80% support him now, but 11% remain undecided and 9% say they will support Obama.

Voters 18-34 support President Obama by a two-to-one margin (54% to 26%), but voters 65 and older favor Romney by 18 points (54% for Romney, 36% for Obama).  Other age groups lean toward Romney by only a few points.

Obama still holds a small lead among women (48% to 43%), but Romney now leads among men by a similar margin (45% Romney to 40% Obama).

Crosstabulated data from the poll are available at www.PeakCampaigns.com.

Peak campaigns conducted a statewide survey of likely Colorado voters September 10-18, 2012.  For a randomly selected sample of 450 interviews, the margin of error is +/- 4.6%.