Fresh off a razor-thin, marginal victory at the Iowa caucus, as recently reported by Associated Press, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is returning to even friendlier New England territory for the New Hampshire caucus. He owns a home in the state and has his 2008 presidential campaign experience to bring to the table there. But beyond his first caucus win and the caucus that's next up on the agenda looms the greater challenge awaiting the leading primary challenger- President Barack Obama.
Here are some facts surrounding Romney and Obama's electoral hopes, by the numbers.
42: Last week, Romney held a solid lead over President Obama according to Rasmussen Reports polling numbers, leading him 45 to 39 percent among likely U.S. voters. This week, he's running even at 42 percent to 42 percent.
39: President Obama has an edge with independents unaffiliated with either party, ahead 39 percent to 33 percent with that voter class; however 28 percent of those voters remain undecided.
13: A victory in New Hampshire for Romney isn't a guaranteed outcome, but it is looking more positive for the GOP contender. He had been trailing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich by a 13 point margin according to Gallup in early December.
27: Romney reversed that trend, with ballot support for December 28 through January 4 showing Romney at 27 percent among Republican registered voters.
19: Among the other candidates, Gingrich is at 19 percent, libertarian-leaning Representative Ron Paul is showing 13 percent, and Romney's Iowa rival former Senator Rick Santorum is showing 11 percent.
54: Romney may be helped by the President's consistently poor job approval ratings. Though slightly improved in recent days, Gallup's Daily three-day rolling average of President Obama's job approval shows him with more disapproval than approval by Americans from June 14 through 16 2011 until January 2 through 4 2012; disapproval peaked at 38 percent approve to 54 percent disapprove in October.
47: Obama's latest numbers put him at 47 percent disapprove over 46 percent approval.
41: Rasmussen Reports doesn't show a more favorable standing for President Obama, with only 24 percent of others strongly approving of the President and 41 percent strongly disapproving.
Shawn Humphrey is a former contributor to The Flint Journal and lives near Washington in Gaithersburg, Md.
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