47% an unlucky number
Mitt Romney's '47%' comment alienated undecided voters: poll
By James Rainey, LA Times
11:57 AM PDT, September 25, 2012
Mitt Romney’s semantic misadventure with the “47%” helped alienate some of the narrow band of undecided voters whom the Republican needs to beat President Obama in November. That’s the single strongest sentiment registered this week by previously undecided voters interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.
None of nine uncommitted voters from one month ago said in follow-up interviews that they had warmed to former Massachusetts Gov. Romney. Five said they now planned to vote for Obama, two said they leaned toward the president, one remained entirely undecided and the ninth said he would not vote at all.
Although the tiny sample is far from statistically significant, it offers a glimpse of a small group of voters expected to determine the outcome of the Nov. 6 vote. The same voters had told the USC Annenberg/Los Angeles Times Poll on Politics and the Press just a month ago that they were open to both candidates. In the intervening month — which included the two political conventions, Romney’s 47% comment and unrest in the Mideast — not a lot of positive news accumulated for Romney.
Of the nine who described their feelings about the candidates in detailed phone interviews, six knew about Romney’s comment — captured on a hidden-camera video — that 47% of the American people act like “victims” who are dependent on government and are “unwilling to take responsibility for their lives.”
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By James Rainey, LA Times
11:57 AM PDT, September 25, 2012
Mitt Romney’s semantic misadventure with the “47%” helped alienate some of the narrow band of undecided voters whom the Republican needs to beat President Obama in November. That’s the single strongest sentiment registered this week by previously undecided voters interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.
None of nine uncommitted voters from one month ago said in follow-up interviews that they had warmed to former Massachusetts Gov. Romney. Five said they now planned to vote for Obama, two said they leaned toward the president, one remained entirely undecided and the ninth said he would not vote at all.
Although the tiny sample is far from statistically significant, it offers a glimpse of a small group of voters expected to determine the outcome of the Nov. 6 vote. The same voters had told the USC Annenberg/Los Angeles Times Poll on Politics and the Press just a month ago that they were open to both candidates. In the intervening month — which included the two political conventions, Romney’s 47% comment and unrest in the Mideast — not a lot of positive news accumulated for Romney.
Of the nine who described their feelings about the candidates in detailed phone interviews, six knew about Romney’s comment — captured on a hidden-camera video — that 47% of the American people act like “victims” who are dependent on government and are “unwilling to take responsibility for their lives.”
(More here.)
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