A new poll shows that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now has a less than 50 percent favorability rating among Republican voters.
Public Policy Polling has released its monthly 2012 survey, which finds that while 65 percent of Republicans have a favorable opinion of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and 75 percent have a favorable opinion of former GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, only 48 percent view Mitt Romney favorably. Romney's popularity has fallen 19 points in the poll since May. Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling says the healthcare plan that Romney passed in Massachusetts when he was governor is now giving GOP voters pause about him. "There's a feeling that what he did is not that [different] from what President Obama's trying to do -- and certainly, having undertaken any initiative similar to President Obama is not going to play well with the Republican base," Jenson notes. "There's also a feeling that people are already sort of starting to look toward 2012 and sort of really pick sides, and people who support Palin or Huckabee for president think that [those two are] the true conservative choices. I think they're sort of souring on Romney in general because they don't want him to be the presidential nominee." Jensen says his group did some polling in October on another potential Republican presidential candidate with less name recognition -- Tim Pawlenty. In the poll, 72 percent of voters said they had never heard of Pawlenty. He reports that even the infamous "balloon boy" had higher name recognition than the Minnesota governor. Results from our related pollShould healthcare reform become law in the coming months, will it bea positive or a negative factor for Democrats in the November 2010 elections?
Public Policy Polling has released its monthly 2012 survey, which finds that while 65 percent of Republicans have a favorable opinion of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and 75 percent have a favorable opinion of former GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, only 48 percent view Mitt Romney favorably. Romney's popularity has fallen 19 points in the poll since May. Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling says the healthcare plan that Romney passed in Massachusetts when he was governor is now giving GOP voters pause about him. "There's a feeling that what he did is not that [different] from what President Obama's trying to do -- and certainly, having undertaken any initiative similar to President Obama is not going to play well with the Republican base," Jenson notes. "There's also a feeling that people are already sort of starting to look toward 2012 and sort of really pick sides, and people who support Palin or Huckabee for president think that [those two are] the true conservative choices. I think they're sort of souring on Romney in general because they don't want him to be the presidential nominee." Jensen says his group did some polling in October on another potential Republican presidential candidate with less name recognition -- Tim Pawlenty. In the poll, 72 percent of voters said they had never heard of Pawlenty. He reports that even the infamous "balloon boy" had higher name recognition than the Minnesota governor.
Results from our related poll
Should healthcare reform become law in the coming months, will it be
a positive or a negative factor for Democrats in the November 2010 elections?
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