Mitt Romney's Unfavorable Rating is Up, Up, Up...And Awaaaay!

The more people get to know this guy, the less they like him. No wonder he won't release his taxes for more than 1 year. Then people would outright hate him.


CNN Poll: Obama holds 7-point lead over Romney

Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney's unfavorable rating is up, most Americans think the Republican presidential challenger favors the rich, and more people no longer believe that the economy will get better if Romney is elected, according to a new national poll.

But a CNN/ORC International survey released Thursday also indicates that Romney's supporters are increasingly getting behind the presumptive GOP nominee.


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It all adds up to a seven point advantage for President Barack Obama over the former Massachusetts governor, with 52% of registered voters questioned in the survey saying that they'd vote to re-elect the president and 45% backing Romney.

"Among independent voters, the poll indicates President Obama has a 53%-42% lead," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. "The president holds a nine point advantage among women voters and a smaller six point edge among men."

The good news for Romney: Four months after he wrapped up the race for the GOP nomination, 56% of Romney voters say they strongly support him, up from 47% in May. Sixty-one percent of Obama voters say they strongly support the president.

Since the start of the general election in April, the Obama campaign and Democratic groups have launched attacks on the presumptive Republican nominee, and the survey indicates that they appear to be working.

While Romney's favorable rating has remained steady (47% now compared to 48% in July), his unfavorable rating has jumped from 42% last month to 48% now. The president's 56%-42% favorable-unfavorable rating now is little changed from July.

Among independents, the poll indicates Romney's image has taken a beating. In May, only 40% of independents had an unfavorable view of Romney. Now, 52% of independents have a negative view of him.

Other findings: Sixty-four percent of all Americans, and 68% of independents, think Romney favors the rich over the middle class. And 63% of the public thinks Romney should release more tax returns than he has already made public, a figure which rises to 67% among independents.

"These are all signs that a summer of negative campaigning on the part of the Democrats seems to be taking its toll on the presumptive GOP nominee," says Holland.

Most significantly, it appears that Romney's image as a can-do guy on the economy may have also been hurt. In May, 50% of all Americans said that the economy would get better if Romney were elected. That's now down to 45%, three points below Obama's number. It's likely that all of this is the result of the Democrats' efforts to paint Romney in an unflattering light, but so far Obama has avoided any blowback from that strategy, as evidenced by no rise in his unfavorable rating.

Who do Americans think will win the election?

Regardless of which candidate they support, 63% think Obama will win re-election, with one third saying Romney will win.

"That may not translate directly into votes, but it is worth noting that in August of previous election years, the public accurately predicted the winner in 1996, 2000 and 2008, and in 2004 George W. Bush and John Kerry were tied," adds Holland.

Control of Congress is also up for grabs in November. According to the survey, 45% say the country would be better off if Congress were controlled by Democrats, with 39% saying things would be better if the GOP ran Capitol Hill.

The CNN poll was conducted by ORC International Tuesday and Wednesday (August 7-8), with 1,010 adults nationwide, including 911 registered voters, questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.

 

Hummmm! From your side's news;

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_...presidential-race/?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesArea

OH! But;

 

I wonder how much the idea of a rich guy not having to pay taxes has to do with it all. It helps that I live with a 35 year veteran of the tax industry. Believe me when I say she is one of only a handfull of people who can navigate the complexities of the tax industry. She does it with ease.

She says that 100 million dollar IRA thing is a huge red flag...highly unlikely, but not impossible. At the very least she calls it "shifty". Then said she could probably have done it for him...to legally pay no taxes under his circumstances....sometimes she scares the hell out of me lol

 

See, you've bought into the left's narrative (no wonder lil moen likes having you in his lap so much). Romney did pay taxes...tens of millions of dollars in taxes. He pays more in a single year than you'll siphon off the system in your entire lifetime.
Compare what Romney paid to what you paid in and tell us honestly who is paying more of their fair share.

 

I would say that a $100M IRA would raise a huge red flag also. Let's see now. They have been around for about 30 years and the current limit is $6,000 per year and it used to be considerably less. Either that was 30 consecutive of the luckiest investments ever or someone is lying about that $100M. My money is on the latter.

 

Like I said, my girlfriend is a #$%@*&^ genius lol...Only a fool would compete with her knowledge of the tax system.

 

Since I can never figure out what you are trying to say, I'll just ask straight out. Are you saying that you don't believe that Romney has a 100 million dollar IRA? Because it is really not a matter of he said, she said, it really exists. If you want proof just ask.

 

...and I'm sure she is. So tell us again why, with all this knowledge floating around your trailer, no one is working to support themselves?

 

Regardly of your assumptions, it's really none of your business now is it? You're pathetic!

 

So it appears lil joe moen & iqless swap passwords back & forth? iqless should have posted the above comments under his ID not lil joe's

 

Well, maybe;

And I am sure you interpret that to $100M and as a negative. So let's see. Obama's economic prowess - GM (bankrupt), Chrysler (bankrupt), Solyndra (bankrupt), Fisker(closed plant), etc. In the mean time, Romney has managed to turn something >$500,000 into $10,000,000. Now I think it is obvious who I would like running the economy, but I am sure you can find an interpretation of that to favor Obama.

 

BO "bailed out" the auto industry, according to the libs, while Romney advocated an organized bankruptcy that didn't rely on gov't funds. So let's see, Chrysler & GM both ended up filing bankruptcy, right?

 

I am glad to see at least one person actually knows it. Too bad you will never see that on the lame street media.

 

Is it safe for me to assume then, that the righties have now thrown their unconditional support towards Romney?

It's been a year since that was a "given" ...I'm just sayin' ...see ya next year lol

 

It also appears that you're still pathetic Davy boy.

 

This proves again that you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Credit at the time of the bailout was completely and totally unavailable. The government was the only choice. You seem to be well on your way to rewriting history again.

 

He also used our tax money to prop up Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, etc with his cash for clunkers deal.

 

Maybe I am missing something here, but what part of bankruptcy requires money? The only thing giving them our money did was to delay filing bankruptcy and cost me more money.

BTW only a fool would give/loan money to a company ready to file for bankruptcy. Hummm! What does that say about ...........

 

Bankruptcy wasn't the issue, credit was the issue. Forget bankruptcy. Credit had to come from somewhere and no private or non-government entity was willing to shell out any credit to this industry.

 

I really think that is what I just said. They could not get any money so they went bankrupt. All the government's steps prior to the bankruptcy only managed to delay the inevitable and waste my money. And both Chrysler and GM did go bankrupt.