In Public Policy Polling’s national poll this month, Romney came out ahead of Obama for the first time since July 2010, 47%-45%. They find two areas where Romney benefits and Obama lags:
Romney has two main things going for him. He leads the President 45-36 with independents. And he’s also benefiting from a much more unified party with 88% of Republicans committed to voting for him while only 83% of Democrats say they’ll vote for Obama.