NYT/CBS poll: Obama 49, Romney 46 U.S. President Barack Obama leads GOP challenger Mitt Romney by 3 points among likely voters in a New York Times/CBS News poll released Friday. U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Col. Michael Minihan, 89th Air Wing Commander, Joint Base Andrews, and Capricia Marshall, chief of protocol, as he arrives to attend the Transfer of Remains Ceremony marking the return to the United States of the bodies of the four Americans killed this week in Benghazi, Libya, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. UPI/Molly Riley/Pool 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama leads GOP challenger Mitt Romney by 3 points among likely voters in a New York Times/CBS News poll released Friday. The poll found Obama ahead 49-46, within the margin of sampling error of 3 percentage points. Obama has an advantage of 12 percentage points among women, and among voters of all ages except those over 65, who favor Romney by 15 percentage points. Romney leads by 8 points among male likely voters, the Times reported. The nationwide telephone poll was conducted Sept. 8-12 among 1,170 registered voters and 1,162 likely voters.