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Obama faces skepticism from swing voters: poll

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama faces deep skepticism from swing voters who
see the Republican party as more in tune with their concerns about government
spending, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

These undecided voters, who could determine whether Obama wins re-election
next year, believe Republicans are more serious about reducing budget deficits
and more aligned with them ideologically, according to the centrist Democratic
think tank Third Way.

The poll focused on voters who had backed Obama in the 2008 presidential
election but voted for Republican candidates in the 2010 congressional
elections. They make up about 20 percent of the electorate in the handful of
hotly contested states that will likely dictate the outcome of the 2012
election.

Many economists say higher government spending now would boost growth in the
sputtering economy while lawmakers work on a long-term plan to tame the national
debt.

Swing voters do not agree with this view, the poll found. Half of those
surveyed said reducing the deficit or scaling back regulations would be the most
effective way to create jobs, while only 16 percent said that increased spending
on construction and innovation would be the best approach.

Those views line up with those held by congressional Republicans. However,
swing voters largely back Obama's call to raise taxes on the wealthy to help
reduce deficits, the poll found.

The poll interviewed 400 swing voters in 12 battleground states on August 16.
It has a margin of error of plus or minus 6.4 percentage points.

Those surveyed were not asked about their support for Obama versus specific
Republican presidential candidates.

(Reporting by Andy
Sullivan; editing by Christopher
Wilson)

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