民调显示奥巴马继续保持微弱领先优势_BEC初级作文

民调显示奥巴马继续保持微弱领先优势

President Barack Obama has managed to retain a narrow lead in his race for re-election despite a spate of bad economic news and surging GOP optimism about Mitt Romney's prospects, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

《华尔街日报》和美国全国广播公司(NBC News)最新民调显示，尽管近期经济方面不利消息频传，尽管美国共和党人对罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)的选战前景越来越乐观，但美国总统奥巴马(Barack Obama)仍在谋求连任的竞选中保持了微弱的领先优势。

The president outpolls Mr. Romney, his presumed Republican rival, 47% to 44%, a lead within the survey's margin of error and similar to the advantage he enjoyed a month ago. Mr. Obama's lead is wider in swing states, where the campaigns have battled most intensely.

民调显示，奥巴马的支持率为47%，超过将成为其对手的共和党候选人罗姆尼44%的支持率。奥巴马的这个领先优势在民调的误差范围内，与他一个月前享有的优势差不多。奥巴马的领先优势在"摇摆州"较大，那些州也是选战最激烈的地方。

The poll highlights challenges facing both candidates. While Mr. Obama retains a durable base of support, his standing among white, working-class voters, which was low to start with, continues to erode. Interest in the campaign isn't nearly as intense as it was four years ago among young people and Latinos, who were important to Mr. Obama's victory in 2008.