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Mitt Romney already has historically bad favorability ratings compared to all other modern presidential candidates and there is confirmation that his favorability rating has been eroding through the summer. The Washington Post-ABC News poll found the number of people who view him unfavorably has gone up by four points since May. From the Washington Post:
While 40 percent of voters now say they hold a favorable opinion of the former Massachusetts governor–virtually unchanged from May–those holding negative views of Romney ticked higher in the new poll, from 45 percent to 49 percent.
Meanwhile, President Obama remained in positive territory on that measure, with 53 percent of voters reporting they hold favorable opinions of the incumbent. Only 43 percent say they feel unfavorably towards him.
Polls have generally shown a tight contest despite Obama’s consistent edge on the question of personal popularity.
This is the latest poll to show that Romney is very close to having 50 percent of voters view him negatively. That could turn into a real problem.
President Obama simply needs to convince most of the voters who have a generally favorable impression of him to vote to win. By comparison, Romney needs the votes of everyone who likes him, everyone who has a neutral opinion of him, and probably even the votes of some people who currently hold a negative opinion of him to put himself over the top.
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The media loves–maybe needs–a horserace to sell soap (or whatever that is ESPN and AT&T are selling on the righthand side of this page), but I don’t see how this guy wins.
On the other hand, I said that about King George I and II.
I do not see him actually getting the nomination.
The Republican convention is going to be a circus.
Happens every time. The more we get to know our pols the less we like them. They tell us they’re working for us, but we always find out they’re just whoring for their campaign donors.
The polls have it wrong. Romney will get the canine vote. Obama is a pussycat.
I was thinking this way as well. Now, I am not so sure. The Republican overlords know that they will be getting a corporate whore no matter who wins in November if it’s a Romney/Obama showdown.
Add to this that the rank and file (teabaggers, idiotic “millionaire-wannabe” dreamers, etc.) all believe our political conventions and elections are reehl duhmakrasy. A brokered convention would detract from this to no actual benefit. In fact, I would say that many of them would prefer Obama to win since it would provide 4 more years of opportunity to whip up false and irrational anti-socialist, anti-negro, anti-librul rage.
I don’t see any justification for them in moving away from Romney
That sounds like a pretty tall order. He’d have to stand on his tippy toes and, by my count, he’s already shot off three on one foot.
What????? My uncle was a podiatrist.
Well said, onward to Dubya’s fourth term.