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Did Romney’s Reaction to US Embassy Violence End Obama’s Convention Bounce?
Most polls conducted immediately after a convention are nonsense. The jumps that some candidates have after their party’s gathering is called a bounce for a reason–bounces have two halves up…and down. Usually there is something that breaks the euphoria causing the electorate to focus on the candidates. In 2008 McCain lead from the end of the RNC to the end of Sept when he bungled his response to the economic crisis.
The Rasmussen polls released today reported the end of Obama’s post convention bounce and it may have been done in by Romney’s response to the the violent attacks of our embassies which began on 9/11.
Beginning with the Convention (which started 9/4) Obama’s three day average started to rise in the polls hitting a peak in the 9/6 to 9/9 three day average period. As the President’s share of voters went up the Romney numbers started to decline from the prime-time convention attacks (I meant the speakers not the mainstream media but they helped also). Romney’s % of the vote was stuck at 45% for a few days.
Diann
September 15th, 2012
yes
Mr.Gates
September 15th, 2012
The “post convention” polls were taken before the jobs numbers came out. That was done intentionally.
Roadmaster
September 15th, 2012
Who pays any attention to polls? They’re no different than the media which runs them: establish the desired result, then manipulate the numbers to get it there.
Just how stupid do they think we are? Pretty darn stupid, apparently.
Mr.Gates
September 15th, 2012
@Roadmaster – Spot on.
There hasn’t been one single presidential contest, in our lifetimes, where the polling in general showed the Republican to be ahead. Not even Reagan, who first won 44 states, then won 49 states.
That’s really all any of us need to consider.
reddecaesari
September 15th, 2012
has anyone here ever been polled? do they know anyone that has been polled? no and no for me.
polls are manufactured to influence sheep.
Groucho Marxist
September 15th, 2012
Obama doesn’t bounce… As he is always at maximum velocity he only THUDS
Dr. Tar
September 15th, 2012
I think the hangover from voting for Obama is starting to catch up with those that backed him in ’08.
Ray
September 15th, 2012
Those of you who’ve been around this site a while can attest that I’ve never been a Romney fan. Fact is, I really don’t care for him whatsoever. If it were up to me Cain would have been our nominee. That said, I would crawl through miles of broken glass to vote for Romney this November. He earned much respect from me this week with his proper reaction to the embassy terrorism.
Romney/Ryan 2012!
Destroy Islam now!
chico escuela
September 15th, 2012
Yeah,he lost all of those votes that were never going to him anyway. Had he waited a while for the TOTUS to first make a statement, we would probably still be waiting.