The Corner Obama Leads Nationally in Two New Polls By Katrina Trinko July 11, 2012 3:30 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard Share on WhatsApp Email this article In the Quinnipiac University national poll, Barack Obama is at 46 percent to Mitt Romney’s 43 percent. In the Reuters/Ipsos poll, he’s at 49 percent, six points ahead of Romney’s 43 percent.