Poll shows Obama's foreign policy lead shrinking
For several years, President Obama has polled rather well on foreign policy and national security issues, but a new poll from Pew Research shows a fairly sharp reversal:
Ahead of Monday's foreign policy debate between Obama and Romney, 47 percent of voters favor Obama and 43 percent back Romney when asked who could do a better job on foreign policy, according to the Pew Research Center for People and the Press."This represents a substantial gain for Romney, who trailed Obama by 15 points on foreign policy issues in September," Pew said.
The October 4-7 poll was carried out about three weeks after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which the U.S. ambassador was killed. Romney has seized on the issue to accuse Obama of failed leadership....
As part of the earlier poll, Romney leads Obama 49 percent to 40 percent in dealing with China's trade policies. Among independent voters, Romney leads 50 percent to 34 percent.
Neither candidate had a clear advantage on the issues of Iran's nuclear program and political instability in countries like Egypt and Libya.
