Obama Favorability Soars While Romney Remains Least Popular Nominee Since 1984

[DonViejo]

The new ABC News/Washington Post poll reveals that while President Obama’s approval rating jumped to 55%, more Americans still disapprove of Romney than approve of him.

The ABC News/Washington Post poll found the same short term boost for Romney that eventually subsided after the debate, “Night-to-night data indicate a sizable boost for Romney, and drop for Obama, on Thursday night, a day after their first debate, which Romney widely is seen as having won. But both of those trends subsequently subsided in this poll, conducted Thursday through Sunday.”

Once the new jobs numbers were in the news, and Mitt Romney went back to being Mitt Romney, his bump went away. According to the ABC News poll, Romney gained a net 1 point in favorablility. He went from 44%-49% before the debate to 47%-51% after the debate. President Obama gained a net 4 points in favorability. Obama went from 52%-45% before the debate to 55%-44% after the debate. While Independents remain split on Obama, 49%-50%, Romney is way underwater with them at 44%-52%.

Only other four presidential candidates have had higher unfavorables than favorables at this point in the race in the ABC News/Washington Post poll, and all have gone on to lose. Jimmy Carter in 1980, Walter Mondale in 1984, George H.W. Bush in 1992, and John Kerry in 2004 were all in Romney’s position and they all lost.

Both Romney and Obama saw their approval ratings improve since the debate. Romney’s approval ratings improved because Republicans are warming up to him, while the data suggests that the declining unemployment rate has given President Obama a boost.

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[defacto7]

1. K&R

Yeah... thought so...

Obama is moving on and up... and so are we!

[ailsagirl]

2. PLEASE READ THIS POST!!

Caps for emphases, not yelling

[Justice]

3. Mitt is not likable. You know it; I know it; America knows it. Even the media knows it.

[ailsagirl]

4. He's despicable. Let's face it

And that is helping us, for sure.

[bushisanidiot]

15. Yep. his favorability rating is lagging far behind the President's

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[ailsagirl]

5. Kick

[Alekei_Firebird]

6. Seriously, what can Romney attack Obama on?

The economy appears to be off the table now. Romney can try to attack Obama on foreign policy, but nobody is gonna buy that.

The only thing that Romney has right now is that Obama was worse in a debate, but that's now in the past and there are 2 more coming up. A good performance by Obama and everyone's gonna forget Denver. And then what's Romney left with? Nothing but the racist vote, I guess.

[ailsagirl]

7. I think too much weight is being given to the first debate

The President can obliterate Nitt but I don't know if the debate forum is the place to do it.

Nitt throws everything but the kitchen sink Obama's way-- how the hell can anyone refute anything when the idiot doesn't give him a chance to??

[Cha]

8. But, but, I read a stupid post on

DU that "Pres Obama isn't man enough". F****** stupid bullshit romney is such a manly psycho Man!

"Only other four presidential candidates have had higher unfavorables than favorables at this point in the race in the ABC News/Washington Post poll, and all have gone on to lose. Jimmy Carter in 1980, Walter Mondale in 1984, George H.W. Bush in 1992, and John Kerry in 2004 were all in Romney’s position and they all lost".

[ailsagirl]

9. kick

[ailsagirl]

10. Love those words, "Obama's favorability soars..."

[bushisanidiot]

14. Me too!

the crowd sizes at the Obama rallies speak VOLUMES.

romney has to either bus his "supporters" in or he has to have
someone like chris christie there to bring in a crowd.

[jenmito]

11. K&R! n/t

[HopeHoops]

12. You're comparing a robot to a zombie. Okay, I guess I can see that.

[bushisanidiot]

13. Mitt is in for a rude awakening once his little "sugar high" wears off

which reminds me, i need to stock up on popcorn!