"This Poll Shows Paul Ryan Did Absolutely Nothing To Help Mitt Romney" (business insider)

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This Poll Shows Paul Ryan Did Absolutely Nothing To Help Mitt Romney

by Grace Wyler at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-romney-poll-nbc-wsj-2012-8

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Despite the hype surrounding Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick. Paul Ryan has done little to boost the Republican presidential ticket, according to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.

The poll, the first major survey released since Ryan's addition to the ticket, shows that the Barack Obama-Joe Biden ticket leads Romney-Ryan by four points among registered voters, 48% to 43%. That's only a slight change from July, when Obama led Romney 49% to 43%.

The numbers suggest that Ryan has done little — if anything — to boost Romney. Voters surveyed were split on Ryan, with 22% saying that his addition to the ticket makes them more likely to vote for the Republican presidential candidate, and 23% saying it made them less likely to vote for Romney. More than half of voters — 54% — said that Romney's V.P. pick did not affect their vote at all.

Ryan's -1 margin makes him an outlier among other recent vice presidential picks. In 2008, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin saw +8 and +9 margins, respectively; John Edwards had a +21 margin in 2008

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1. A question

Didn't the new NBC/WSJ poll show that Obama had dropped from a 7-point lead down to a 4-point lead though?