Two Polls Show No Bounce for Romney (but Obama's got bounce!)

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/01/two_polls_show_no_bounce_for_romney.html

Two Polls Show No Bounce for Romney


The Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll shows President Obama regained a narrow lead over Mitt Romney despite the attention of the Republican National Convention, 44% to 43%.

Romney was ahead by one point on Friday and two points on Thursday.

Said pollster Julia Clark: "This wasn't a lightning bolt convention. Comparatively speaking, this was a more muted convention in general... So it doesn't surprise me that (the bump in polls) wasn't a great deal bigger."

The Gallup tracking poll shows no bounce whatsoever.

[JoePhilly]

1. Sounds like a dip.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Romney or Ryan? (Both look like dips, too)

[annabanana]

2. The more they see him

The less they want him!

(ear worm for those of a certain age)

[renie408]

3. It sounds to me like Julia Clark has a dog in this fight.

Why is a pollster softening a bad poll for Romney?

No convention bounce is BAD, not 'muted'.

[progressivebydesign]

7. Totally agree!! How can a pollster even say that?

I'm scratching my head over that one. Conventions are the ONE time to highlight your candidates. it's the one time to get your faithful excited, and bring more people to the fold. To explain away the lack of bounce that way, is ridiculous. If your multi-million dollar convention, with scads of people weeping on stage, doesn't bounce your candidate.. it has nothing to do with the Convention, and everything to do with the candidate.

[APate]

4. Gotta read this Rolling Stone article!

Mike Taibbi wrote this blistering, in-depth report about Romney's involvement with Bain:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829?link=mostpopular1

Enjoy the reading, although you may want to shower afterwards!

[Biafran]

5. but

rAssmussen shows a 7 point bounce for romney!
-4 pre convention
+3 post convention

[progressivebydesign]

8. Link? n/t

[Biafran]

10. Sorry can't find the polls but

here is ras poll monday: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125178226
and today: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125183367

[leftynyc]

9. Ha - just like everyone here suspected they would

They cooked their polls to show a large bounce for their candidate. Predictable.

[zbdent]

11. It wasn't their fault ... it was the liberal media's fault

for covering a hurricane (that Obama probably caused) instead of yet another bunch of old white people whining about how Obama is ruining "their" country ...

Hell, you can turn on damn near any channel in this "liberally-biased media" to hear that ...