Mitt Romney fails to get significant boost from Paul Ryan selection
Source: The Guardian
Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against the US president, Barack Obama, despite receiving huge media attention. The campaign remains neck and neck with less than three months to go, an AP-GfK poll reveals.
Overall, 47% of registered voters said they planned to back Obama and the vice-president, Joe Biden, in November, while 46% favoured Romney and Ryan. In a June AP-GfK survey the split was 47% for the president to 44% for Romney.
At the same time, there was a far wider gap when people were asked who they thought would win. Some 58% of adults said they expected Obama to be re-elected, while just 32% said they thought he'd be voted out of office.
After just over a week on the campaign trail, Ryan had a 38% favourable rating among adults, while 34% saw him unfavourably. Among registered voters, his numbers were slightly better –40% favourable to 34% unfavourable. Ryan remained unknown to about a quarter of voters.
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While Ryan might have improved Romney's numbers among the conservative base, this new poll shows Ryan's lack of appeal to independents. Keep in mind: independents decide elections.
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