Gallup: No immediate bounce for Romney after Ryan VP pick

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (L) and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) talk on their campaign bus before attending a campaign rally at the Waukesha County Expo Center on August 12, 2012 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

/ Justin Sullivan

(CBS News) Despite conservative enthusiasm surrounding the announcement that Paul Ryan has been tapped as Mitt Romney's presidential running mate, a new Gallup tracking poll shows that the presumptive GOP nominee has not benefited from any material bounce in its poll since the pick was made public.

According to the survey, 47 percent of registered voters surveyed in the four day period following Romney's announcement said they supported Romney, while 45 percent said they would vote for President Obama. In the four days prior to the announcment, 46 percent backed Romney and 45 percent backed Mr. Obama.

Gallup suggests that Romney may get a delayed bounce, as his polling numbers were slightly better in the second half of the four-day period, but an August 13 Gallup poll reinforces the idea that Ryan's pick got a tepid response from the American people.

According to that poll, 39 percent of Americans said they thought Ryan was either "excellent" or "pretty good" as a VP choice, while 42 percent called the choice "only fair" or "poor." Nineteen percent expressed no opinion.

By contrast, 46 percent of voters called Sarah Palin an "excellent" or "pretty good" choice in 2008, and 46 percent said the same of Biden. Compared to recent vice presidential candidates, only Dan Quayle has scored higher than Ryan among those who believed him to be an "only fair" or "poor" VP pick.

[memphispiano]

I am shocked that virtually none of the media has brought out the obvious. Running mates are almost always announced at the party convention. The bounce from previous picks is impossible to measure because it came simultaneous to the convention bounce. Let's face it, conventions provide hours and hours of free airtime to promote their candidate and both sides ALWAYS get a big bounce. Romney announced Ryan outside of the convention so you would not expect an earth shattering change in the race until voters are able to digest what this all means.

[RollotheNorman]

Ho, if Gallup picked up a nonsignificant bounce, the true movement was probably negative.

[Larnan5]

Here's why the very small bounce.
Yep.The GOP tell us that Ryan will accomplish great things.Not true. He would like take us back to the good old days when women were considered second class citizens, when abortions took place in back alleys, when the cold war raged and when the minimum wage was a buck. It is not going to happen. This country has moved on. It is no longer a lily white society that was controlled by angry white men. We like our rights to vote, you want to take them away from some of us. We like our medicare, social security as it is. We like that medicaid is there for the neediest of us. We like that the United States is populated by people of all different races.creed and religions. We respect and celebrate this diversity. We are not going back to the "good old days". We are not going to vote for a plutocratic theocracy.

[EmpireGeorge______--]

How dramatic, such exaggerations......it's actually hillarious that I share my country with clowns like you, who have been so thoroughly brainwashed into believing this nonsense....good luck

[EmpireGeorge______--]

BenJordon, people don't retire at my age, unless they are among the 1%

[infantryman1968]

by jwv651 August 16, 2012 11:11 AM EDT
Not all of us ex Marines feel the same as FormerUSMCSergeant. Matter of fact many of the Ex marines that I keep in touch with would never vote for Obama

LOL!

FormerUSMCSergeant employs more illegals than John McCain.

The Irony.

[RollotheNorman]

Hey *******, speak just for yourself concerning Marines. I don't even believe you were in the suck. Never and ex, remember? Alway's got that 10% that can't get with the program.

[infantryman1968]

by actornaught August 16, 2012 10:57 AM EDT
Fox News Poll: Obama 49% / Romney 40%.

Gallup is the only recent major poll that favors Romney.

Feel The Pattern...


LOL!


Everyone polling 9% or more people "claiming" to be Democrats over Republicans except Rasmussen.

See the pattern?

[RollotheNorman]

You obviously don't understand random sampling.

[infantryman1968]

by FormerUSMCSergeant August 16, 2012 7:37 AM EDT
Gallup: No immediate bounce for Romney after Ryan VP pick
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What a surprise that is, eh?


LOL!

The real suprise is that you and Obama are not double didgets by now.

Even Carter had higher numbers than Obama and his followers in Aug of 1980.

The Irony.

[infantryman1968]

LOL!

John "I was in Viatnam" Kerry was ahead of Bush in Aug of 2004 as well.......

[jwv651]

Not all of us ex Marines feel the same as FormerUSMCSergeant. Matter of fact many of the Ex marines that I keep in touch with would never vote for Obama.

[EmpireGeorge______--]

Article: According to the survey, 47 percent of registered voters surveyed in the four day period following Romney's announcement said they supported Romney, while 45 percent said they would vote for President Obama
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So, why doesn't the headline read "Romney has edge on Obama, 47% to 45%

But instead they hide the fact Obama is losing, but instead mention a vice president selection.

Interesting how they emphasize polls which are positive for Obama, and demphasize those, when he's shown to be behind.

Such obvious bias by CBS

[jwv651]

Most of the media is for Obama plain and simply. Liberals rule the media world.

[EmpireGeorge______--]

actornaught, So is it Faux News, or a credible polling agency ? which is it, one moment you chastise people for viewing Fox, now you are using them in an attempt to prop-up the dismal numbers for Obama.

[jwv651]

Your Obama paid millions to hide his records from medical records to school transcripts...why not talk about that. What is he hiding. Get real people, honestly get real.

[signseeker1717]

OK, why don't you write a brilliant expose actually PROVING that assertion, and make a few "millions" yourself.

Maybe there are two reasons no one is talking about that: 1)it's not the topic, and 2)it's ridiculous.

[jwv651]

How much money do you professional liberal bloggers get for posting on every web site. $10 per hour, $80 a day. You could make more if you actually got real jobs. But Wait there is no jobs under Obama. I'm sorry your excused! You people make me laugh...keep it going! Hey don't forget to blame Bush. I just can't stop laughing!

[jwv651]

You do this because you don't work...I'm doing it because it's fun to read all the comments from the liberals. Oh and I worked 33 yrs to earn a retirement check. You ought to try working it's rewardind in the end. Please keep the comments coming. I'm enjoying this way too much. You people are just to much fun.

[jwv651]

I have...In Colorado people are switching from Obama to Romney at a fast pace. The reason is the nasty lie's Obama and crew are putting on TV. I voted for Obama in 2008 only because Hillary did not get the nomination. Obama pulled the race card on Hillary and a dirtest nasty campainge. I have 3 kids out of College and I worry about their futures under Obama. I was a Union Democrat from Chicago who retired to Colorado. I couldn't afford to stay in Chicago due to the high cost of living left to the people by liberals. They have ruin every city.

[jwv651]

Unemployment has been above 8 percent since February 2009 - - the longest stretch in the post-World War II era.