More Polling: Obama v. Romney in CT

Public Policy Polling has Obama up by 8 in CT, which is surprisingly close. But a closer look at the numbers tells a little more about what’s happening. In blue Connecticut, Obama is on the rise.

PPP reports:

Obama has 51% to Romney’s 43%. That is down from the 61-38 victory he scored over McCain, but up from his only two-point edge (47-45) the last time PPP polled the state in September 2011. That is because of three things: Obama is up from 79% to 83% of his own party, which makes up over 40% of the electorate; he is now poaching 15% of Romney’s partisans, up from 9% last fall; and Romney is down from a 12-point lead (48-36) with the state’s sizeable chunk of independents to only a seven-point edge (47-40).

A few more points — this survey, like the Q-Poll, shows that Obama continues to enjoy striking popularity among women and young people.