Obama Holds 5-Point Edge Over Romney Among Likely Voters in Poll

President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney even as a majority of voters continues to disapprove of the president’s handling of the U.S. economy, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Obama holds a five-point advantage over Romney, 50 percent to 45 percent, among likely voters in the nationwide survey conducted Sept. 12-16. Obama led Romney by 50 percent to 44 percent among registered voters in the poll released yesterday.