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Poll: Iowans pessimistic about Obama, but still prefer him over GOP field
Young people who were a key voting bloc for President Barack Obama four years ago are more pessimistic than not that he'll win re-election next year, but they still favor him over any of the Republicans now campaigning to take his job, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics, said a plurality of millennials, 36 percent, think Obama will lose next November, while 30 percent think he'll win.
The poll, released Thursday, was conducted between Nov. 23 and Dec. 3 among 2,023 people. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.
President Barack Obama prepares to address troops Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. (Travis Long/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
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