Polls Show That Romney's 47 percent Comment is Breaking Through..:Talking Points Memo

[Stuart G]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/polls-show-romneys-47-percent-moment-breaking-through-you-didnt-build-that-fizzling.php?ref=fpa


Benjy Sarlin-October 3, 2012, 1:26 PM13896

Mitt Romney’s remarks decrying about half of Americans as “victims” are hurting him with at least as many voters, according to a mounting body of evidence.

The latest WSJ/NBC poll read respondents his comments and found 45 percent felt more negatively towards Romney afterwards versus only 23 percent who felt more positive about him. Even worse, the 12 percent slice of voters NBC defines as “up for grabs” had the strongest reaction. Just 10 percent approved of the remarks versus a whopping 49 percent who said the comments diminished their opinion of Romney.


In general, 51 percent of respondents said they heard something in the last couple of weeks about Romney that made them feel less favorable towards him, versus only 28 percent who said something made them feel better about him. For the president, voters said they had heard something that improved their opinion of him by a 38-36 margin.

At least as discouraging, for Republicans, however, is that Romney’s favorite Obama quote — “You didn’t build that” — isn’t even a net drag for the president. After hearing his comments, voters reacted positively by a 36-32 margin overall, and independents and “up for grabs” voters actually approved of them by slightly higher margins.

[Bill USA]

1. it's sad, but when the lumpen proletariate get so used to getting-it in the rear they have a hard

time believing that's why it hurts to sit down - and that they don't have to live bent over with something stuck in their ass. (the fact that so many of us 'little people' haven't caught on to the GOP 'con' is hard to grasp)