Some Republicans still not sold on Mitt Romney’s campaign
One in four self-identified Republicans has an unfavorable view of how Mitt Romney is running his campaign, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll represents the latest evidence of unease within some segments of the GOP about how the former Massachusetts governor is progressing in the 2012 race.
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leaves a fundraiser that included Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., on Monday, July 16, 2012 in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Sixty-six percent of GOPers in the poll viewed the way Romney is running his campaign in a favorable light, while 24 percent viewed it unfavorably. Those numbers lagged behind how President Obama’s campaign is viewed among Democrats — 75 percent of whom regard his bid favorably.
There’s also an enthusiasm gap for Romney in the data. While 51 percent of liberal Democrats feel strongly favorably toward Obama’s campaign, just 31 percent of conservative Republicans feel the same about Romney’s bid.
The numbers come after several weeks of criticism of the Romney campaign that began with a tweet from News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and has come to include lingering questions about the exact date of Romney’s departure from Bain Capital and his unwillingness to release more than two years of past tax returns.
And they suggest that unrest about how Romney is running is not simply limited to a few bold-faced named like Murdoch and former General Electric CEO Jack Welch.
To be clear, though, these numbers do not indicate that broad swaths of the Republican Party view the Romney campaign as having skidded off the tracks — or anything close to it. Rather, they point to the fact that, within a certain segment of the Republican Party, there is dissatisfaction about how the way Romney is campaigning.
In Romney’s defense, there will always be a certain group of partisans for whom second-guessing its nominee is a favorite pastime. (Remember how many backseat campaign managers the presidential bids of John Kerry and Al Gore spawned among Democratic partisans?)
And among independents,
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on Jul 18 2012. Filed under 2012 Presidential Campaign.
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Some Republicans still not sold on Mitt Romney’s campaign
One in four self-identified Republicans has an unfavorable view of how Mitt Romney is running his campaign, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll represents the latest evidence of unease within some segments of the GOP about how the former Massachusetts governor is progressing in the 2012 race.
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leaves a fundraiser that included Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., on Monday, July 16, 2012 in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Sixty-six percent of GOPers in the poll viewed the way Romney is running his campaign in a favorable light, while 24 percent viewed it unfavorably. Those numbers lagged behind how President Obama’s campaign is viewed among Democrats — 75 percent of whom regard his bid favorably.
There’s also an enthusiasm gap for Romney in the data. While 51 percent of liberal Democrats feel strongly favorably toward Obama’s campaign, just 31 percent of conservative Republicans feel the same about Romney’s bid.
The numbers come after several weeks of criticism of the Romney campaign that began with a tweet from News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and has come to include lingering questions about the exact date of Romney’s departure from Bain Capital and his unwillingness to release more than two years of past tax returns.
And they suggest that unrest about how Romney is running is not simply limited to a few bold-faced named like Murdoch and former General Electric CEO Jack Welch.
To be clear, though, these numbers do not indicate that broad swaths of the Republican Party view the Romney campaign as having skidded off the tracks — or anything close to it. Rather, they point to the fact that, within a certain segment of the Republican Party, there is dissatisfaction about how the way Romney is campaigning.
In Romney’s defense, there will always be a certain group of partisans for whom second-guessing its nominee is a favorite pastime. (Remember how many backseat campaign managers the presidential bids of John Kerry and Al Gore spawned among Democratic partisans?)
And among independents,
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Short URL: http://thepresidency.us/?p=18357
Posted by RobertButler
on Jul 18 2012. Filed under 2012 Presidential Campaign.
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