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President Obama has opened up his largest lead of the campaign, according to a Rasmussen's daily tracking poll, taking a 10-point lead in a hypothetical matchup against Republican front-runner Mitt Romney.

Obama is the choice of 50 percent of voters in the Rasmussen poll, while Romney wins 40 percent of those likely to head to the polls. It's the first time Obama has won at least half of voters in a direct matchup against Romney.

Rasmussen credited Obama's improvement in the polls to positive economic news.

"The president’s job approval ratings for handling the economy have improved lately, and it’s no coincidence that perceptions of how he’s handling the economy have improved as well," Rasmussen wrote in a blog post accompanying the results. "The economy remains the most important issue of Election 2012, and voters are a bit more likely to trust Republicans than Democrats on handling the economy."

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