Poll: Romney's Unfavorability Skyrockets
by Steven Shepard
National Journal
Updated: January 24, 2012 | 8:23 a.m.
January 24, 2012 | 7:46 a.m.
The percentage of Americans who have a favorable opinion of Mitt Romney decreased over the past two weeks, and the number who hold an unfavorable opinion of the former Massachusetts governor has skyrocketed 15 percentage points over that time, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released early Tuesday.
Just 31 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Romney, the poll shows. Almost half, 49 percent, have an unfavorable opinion, and 21 percent said they have no opinion. Romney now holds virtually the same favorable and unfavorable ratings as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose numbers have also dropped over the past month -- suggesting that the ugly, protracted fight for the Republican presidential nomination is dragging down its two most prominent participants.
In the previous poll, conducted between Romney's then-apparent victory in Iowa and his rout in New Hampshire, 39 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of him, and only 34 percent had an unfavorable opinion.
But since his New Hampshire victory, Romney has been savaged by his GOP opponents and outside groups on his personal income taxes and his role at Bain Capital, the Boston-based investment firm he helped found.
(More here.)
National Journal
Updated: January 24, 2012 | 8:23 a.m.
January 24, 2012 | 7:46 a.m.
The percentage of Americans who have a favorable opinion of Mitt Romney decreased over the past two weeks, and the number who hold an unfavorable opinion of the former Massachusetts governor has skyrocketed 15 percentage points over that time, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released early Tuesday.
Just 31 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Romney, the poll shows. Almost half, 49 percent, have an unfavorable opinion, and 21 percent said they have no opinion. Romney now holds virtually the same favorable and unfavorable ratings as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose numbers have also dropped over the past month -- suggesting that the ugly, protracted fight for the Republican presidential nomination is dragging down its two most prominent participants.
In the previous poll, conducted between Romney's then-apparent victory in Iowa and his rout in New Hampshire, 39 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of him, and only 34 percent had an unfavorable opinion.
But since his New Hampshire victory, Romney has been savaged by his GOP opponents and outside groups on his personal income taxes and his role at Bain Capital, the Boston-based investment firm he helped found.
(More here.)
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