High Point, NC-- Who you break bread with does matter, even if it's an opportunity to lunch with the next President of the US.

Pollers at High Point University did a national survey of registered voters to find out which Presidential candidate would they rather have lunch with, President Obama or Gov. Mitt Romney?

New results from the HPU Poll show that more registered voters in the United States would rather have lunch with President Barack Obama than Gov. Mitt Romney.

The poll is the university's first national poll and was conducted Oct. 22-30.

Registered voters across the country were asked, "Regardless of who will receive your vote for president, which presidential candidate, Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney would you rather have lunch with?"

Fifty-three percent selected Obama while 39 percent selected Romney.

Sadie Leder, associate director of the HPU Poll, says that the question is related to how voters might feel about the candidates.

"These results are more evidence of trends we have seen throughout this election," says Leder. "Voters tend to trust Gov. Romney on certain issues and view him as competent in managing the economy, but they give President Obama higher marks on personal characteristics. This is another indicator of that advantage for President Obama."

Behind the survey:

Candidate Qualities - Registered voters
Regardless of who will receive your vote for president, which presidential candidate, Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney would you rather have lunch with?

In the United States (50 states):
Democrat Barack Obama - 53 percent
Republican Mitt Romney - 39 percent
Either one/don't prefer one over the other-both - 4 percent
Neither - 5 percent
*(For registered voters, n = 805, margin of sampling error is approximately 3.45 percent, percentages may not total 100 due to rounding)

The HPU Poll also surveyed a sample of North Carolina registered voters specifically. Their results mirrored national poll results.

In the North Carolina oversample:
Democrat Barack Obama - 53 percent
Republican Mitt Romney - 38 percent
Either one/don't prefer one over the other-both - 3 percent
Neither - 6 percent
*(n = 403, margin of sampling error is approximately 5 percent, percentages may not total 100 due to rounding)

*Note all information for this story came from High Point University. 

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