Romney's 47 Percent Remark Hurts Him In Swing States

Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Remark Hurts Him In Swing States

WASHINGTON -- A new wave of polls offer a closer look at the political aftermath of Mitt Romney's comments on the "47 percent," with an overwhelming number of voters responding that they both knew of the now-infamous video of Romney at a private fundraiser and viewed him less favorably as a result. The Republican presidential nominee has been widely criticized for saying that nearly half of Americans back President Barack Obama because they are government-dependent "victims" who believe they are "entitled" to health care, food and housing.

Voters have a mostly negative reaction toward the 47-percent comments at a time when the president appears to be widening his lead across swing states. The latest findings are also consistent with other national surveys taken in the days immediately after the video was widely reported, but paint a more troubling picture of the impact those remarks may have had on Romney's standing with independent voters.

On a national scale, 54 percent of registered voters viewed Romney’s comments unfavorably, while only 33 percent saw them in a favorable light, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday. Fifty-seven percent of independents had a negative reaction.

In Florida, where Obama and Romney have mostly been locked in a dead heat, 89 percent of voters said they were familiar with the GOP nominee's comments, and 50 percent said they considered the comments inappropriate versus 44 percent who did not. Independent voters found the comments improper by a margin of 58 to 37 percent.

The PPP poll in Colorado showed the president now holding a 6-point advantage over his opponent. Again, Romney's 47-percent comments appear to have had an impact: A staggering 90 percent of respondents said they were familiar with the incident, and just over half found the remarks improper. Among independents, 37 percent said the secretly recorded video made them less likely to vote for Romney, who trails Obama 51 to 41 percent in that group.

But it's in Wisconsin that the biggest shift occurred, with Obama up 7 points -- his largest lead there in a PPP poll since February. Although the president carried Wisconsin by 14 points in 2008, the Badger State is expected to be significantly closer this cycle in light of hometown Rep. Paul Ryan's selection as the Republican vice presidential nominee.

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Golly, I realize that RMoney's got his "own facts" and all; and even someone to manipulate them to give him the outcome he wants to hear, (instead of what they really are)... But I just hope he believes his "own" poll numbers....And jus' keeps doin' what he's doin'...

The debates will have some effect...(I think more negative than positive)... But in the end, I think the 47% "solution" was the beginning-of-the-end. I think that was the game-change moment, and it just reinforced what everybody already knew...

Oh, and by the way... RMoney broke the all-time record again today, that he broke last week...

His disapproval rating last week was an all-time high of 50% ... This week he managed to get it up to 61% !!! A new all-time high!...(er, low...)

Still enough time to recover, plus the debates are coming up. This is what broke Carter's lead.

Romney is no Reagan.

archer wrote: Romney is no Reagan.

Lady Jazzer style quotes from the period:
Really, the Republicans nominated the "Bedtime For Bonzo" guy?
How old is that guy?
A movie actor, really?

Remember "Back To The Future", when Dr. Brown couldn't believe that Reagan became president.

I was reading [url=http://www.cracked.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]www.cracked.com[/url] and they had some great stories about crazy, improbable presidential elections and I think Reagan's comeback should be included.

In RMoney's own words... This is going to destroy him....in his own words....

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And, unlike the GOTP Dirty-Tricks team, we don't have to edit the tape to make it look like something it's not... It's much more effective by just running it in its entirety.

And when this is over, the teabaggers will say, "Well, he wasn't a REAL conservative...He wasn't far enough to the right..." And they'll go looking for some REALLY right-wing nutjob, like Santorum, ad nauseum, and they'll try to go even further... By then, it's going to be too late. The public, and everyone except the most radical extremist elements (that would rather have a theocracy), are going to finally realize that you've gone off the cliff.

Editing tapes? Like NBC and Trayvon Martin? Or Mother Jones? Nixon would be proud to see the modern liberal press.

Fake quotes? You mean like:

The Romney ad which "quoted" Obama as saying "If we talk about the economy, we'll lose". In reality it was Obama QUOTING the McCain Campaign, saying, "...my opponent's campaign announced earlier this month that they want to ‘turn the page’ on the discussion about our economy so they can spend the final weeks of this election attacking me instead," Obama said in the speech. "Sen. McCain's campaign actually said, and I quote, ‘If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.’"

You REALLY don't want to go down that path... I have SO many more examples of Right-wing tape/quote manipulation than you will EVER have...

(And what does NBC & Trayvon Martin have to do with it?)

NBC edited the tape in a way to make Zimmerman appear racist. Nothing like tainting a prospective jury pool.

And that has WHAT to do with the Democrats? WHAT to do with campaigns and elections?

Apples and Grapefruit.....

Didn't you get the memo?