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Every day out of desperation and the knowledge that Romney is such a blasé candidate, a right winger posts another poll result. The only poll that counts is the one that will be tallied next November at the voting booths. Romney will go home to plan his strategy for another try in 2016. he will be the perpetual candidate, kind of like "always a bridesmaid, never a bride".
Allow me to 'refresh' you on what you yourself 'just' posted' ..
Now .. May I 'suggest' that further reading on your part could help?
Popularity polls are important, its the national "who do you want as President" polls are meaningless.
There is a difference. Look, Romney may win, I wouldn't bet on it, but he might.
The simple odds are ALWAYS in the incumbents favor.
Look at 2004's election, for instance. Many national polls showed Bush losing this far out. But the "likability" was always there for him. As I have heard so many times "he's the guy you want to have a beer with".
This is more important then Presidential approval ratings in todays America, because President has become much more of a popularity contest. Kind of like American idol, many of the best contestants don't win, because they aren't popular.
Now the same people that voted for McCain last time, will probably vote for Romney. A majority of the people who voted for President Obama last time will probably vote for him as well.
But that few percentages in the middle, what state they are located in, and popularity are the major factors. Romney is a robot, he seems fake to most people, hell he could barely win the parties nomination, and look at his opponents!!!
Hell, Hillary was VERY popular with the left, but because of her war stance, she lost to Obama because he was so popular.
Follow the likability polls. Hey, they may change as Americans get to know Romney more personally. But ask yourself, deep down, do you believe that?
All Republicans can really hope for is a spectacular economic meltdown.
Its really like the 1996 election. Dole was a nice enough guy, but he was to rigid, and not the energetic personality that was Clinton. So with falling popularity, Clinton still won, because Dole had no real plan. Romney has no real plan either, Republicans are just hoping that Obama stinks SO bad on the economy, that they could squeak out a win.
But polls will be busy, most folks that voted last time will vote, and it'll come down to about 2% of the population living in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida.
Popularity polls are important, its the national "who do you want as President" polls are meaningless.
This is more important then Presidential approval ratings in todays America, because President has become much more of a popularity contest. Kind of like American idol, many of the best contestants don't win, because they aren't popular.
Approval polls .. I would argue are more important than 'weighted' popularity polls!
Did you actually look at the most recent ones? The most recent one has Romney winning Florida, and that's just the one I noticed right off the bat. Most of those polls are dated from like last October, how on Earth is that relevant? Even the semi-recent ones are from March, well before the recent Romney surge.
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