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Mitt Romney Has the Lowest Favorability Rating Of Any Presidential Nominee In Modern

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Mitt Romney Has Lowest Favorability Rating Of Any Nominee In History | The Daily Dolt

Have you ever looked at Mitt Romney on your television screen and thought to yourself, “My God, he looks like an older version of the preppy villain in every 1980′s teen comedy ever produced. Who even likes this guy?”? Well, according to a new paper published by the Pew Research Center, the answer to your question is: virtually no one.A review of Pew Research Center and Gallup survey data from September finds that Mitt Romney has the lowest favorability rating of any presidential nominee in recent history. In fact, Mitt Romney is the only candidate over the past seven election cycles to be viewed more unfavorably than favorably — and that’s including all of the nominees who went on to lose the election. In fact, while the graph below only goes back to 1988, Andrew Romano over at the Daily Beast sifted through the data going all the way back to 1976 and still couldn’t find any nominee with lower favorability ratings than Romney.Oh, and this is before the whole “47%” thing went public.
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Not hard to believe, now, is it?
 
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Muddy Creek said:
Not hard to believe, now, is it?
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That's not hard to believe at all. He's gone out of his way to systematically upset, tick off, or alienate pretty much every group of voters possible.
 
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He seems to be not-smart.
He released his taxes, now they use it against him.
 
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Muddy Creek said:
Mitt Romney Has Lowest Favorability Rating Of Any Nominee In History | The Daily Dolt



Not hard to believe, now, is it?
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considering he is running against a POTUS whose average approval rating is lower than every POTUS in history except Carter(arguably the worst POTUS ever), Ford(POTUS by default after Nixon screwed the pooch) and Truman (during the Korean War)....it seems appropriate :shrug:


lowest approval rating on record: Truman 22 (February 9, 1952)
highest: GW Bush 90 (September 21, 2001)
 
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no, the villain in the 1980s movies had blonde hair and was a better actor.

sweep the leg!
 
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Helix said:
no, the villain in the 1980s movies had blonde hair and was a better actor.
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I think Spader was bleaching!

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Also, he's gotten positively plumb.
 
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Dwight said:
I think Spader was bleaching!

JamesSpader_head.jpg


Also, he's gotten positively plumb.
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he's a classic douche
 
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Dwight said:
I think Spader was bleaching!

JamesSpader_head.jpg


Also, he's gotten positively plumb.
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i was thinking more William Zabka :

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man, that dude could play a villain role well.
 
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Darroll said:
He seems to be not-smart.
He released his taxes, now they use it against him.
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He didn't release all his taxes. And his accountant admitted that AFTER the election, he can amend his tax returns that showed 14.1% tax bracket ( Lower than the working poor whose tax rates he wants to increase) to give money to charity and lower his tax bracket to 13%, getting more money back from the government.
 
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OscarB63 said:
considering he is running against a POTUS whose average approval rating is lower than every POTUS in history except Carter(arguably the worst POTUS ever), Ford(POTUS by default after Nixon screwed the pooch) and Truman (during the Korean War)....it seems appropriate :shrug:


lowest approval rating on record: Truman 22 (February 9, 1952)
highest: GW Bush 90 (September 21, 2001)
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10 days after 9/11?

How about Bush when he left office?

Bush's Final Approval Rating: 22 Percent - CBS News

President Bush will leave office as one of the most unpopular departing presidents in history, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll showing Mr. Bush's final approval rating at 22 percent.

Seventy-three percent say they disapprove of the way Mr. Bush has handled his job as president over the last eight years.

Mr. Bush's final approval rating is the lowest final rating for an outgoing president since Gallup began asking about presidential approval more than 70 years ago.
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Lookee there...Bush had a lower than Carter rating.

Bush Booed and Jeered during Inaugural pre-Introduction - YouTube

Booed at his inauguration, as well. Crooks and liars aren't respected by the American majority.
 
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OscarB63 said:
yeah...too bad Obama isn't running against Bush
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Apparently Romney is the next best thing to that.
 
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OscarB63 said:
yeah...too bad Obama isn't running against Bush
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Comment was made against Obama's low approval rating being just above Carter's. I simply provided the facts.
 
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Muddy Creek said:
Comment was made against Obama's low approval rating being just above Carter's. I simply provided the facts.
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apparently you overlooked the word "average". there have been numerous POTUS with aprroval ratings lower than Obama's current (or lowest number) at some point in their term.

the important part is that as an average ( a much better indicator of overall job performance approval over time) Obama's average approval rating is lower than all but Carter, Ford and Truman.

If we are going to single out individual approval ratings...then we must admit, as FACT, that GW Bush had the highest approval rating ever.
 
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OscarB63 said:
apparently you overlooked the word "average". there have been numerous POTUS with aprroval ratings lower than Obama's current (or lowest number) at some point in their term.

the important part is that as an average ( a much better indicator of overall job performance approval over time) Obama's average approval rating is lower than all but Carter, Ford and Truman.

If we are going to single out individual approval ratings...then we must admit, as FACT, that GW Bush had the highest approval rating ever.
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Now that's the biggest BS I've read on the internet and I've been posting for years. Do you believe that crap? How'd you contort your mind like that?

The ONLY approval rating for a president is the final days. And Bush crashed and burned. There's no coincidence to Bush crash and burn and NOT being asked to the Republican National Convention in Florida. Nor to have him campaign for Romney. Bush failed. As did the economic plans he had which are the same ones Romney wants to push.
 
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Muddy Creek said:
Now that's the biggest BS I've read on the internet and I've been posting for years. Do you believe that crap? How'd you contort your mind like that?

The ONLY approval rating for a president is the final days. And Bush crashed and burned. There's no coincidence to Bush crash and burn and NOT being asked to the Republican National Convention in Florida. Nor to have him campaign for Romney. Bush failed. As did the economic plans he had which are the same ones Romney wants to push.
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whatever you have to tell yourself. :shrug: and if that was the case....then Bush's approval ratings are totally irrelevant since he isn't running.
 
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OscarB63 said:
apparently you overlooked the word "average". there have been numerous POTUS with aprroval ratings lower than Obama's current (or lowest number) at some point in their term.

the important part is that as an average ( a much better indicator of overall job performance approval over time) Obama's average approval rating is lower than all but Carter, Ford and Truman.

If we are going to single out individual approval ratings...then we must admit, as FACT, that GW Bush had the highest approval rating ever.
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I think you forgot the link. Can you please post the link to those average approval ratings? Thanks in advance.
 
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OscarB63 said:
whatever you have to tell yourself. :shrug: and if that was the case....then Bush's approval ratings are totally irrelevant since he isn't running.
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So were the comments about Carter.
 
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Muddy Creek said:
So were the comments about Carter.
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so is this entire thread
 
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The problem Mitt Romney has is, he is too honest and does not know how to pretend. He is more of a doer than an actor and used car salesman.. If you look at the White House press secretary Jay Carney this guy knows how spin. He can lie and not blink an eye or move a facial muscle. Mitt is smart enough to do this, but his conscience will not allow him to get good at it. He is a Bishop in his church and too many people he is close to will be watching. This makes him awkward since he might be able to charm, but it not sure if he is being too sleazy for his flock. He will do better in office, where it is not about the entertainment factor but more about doing the job.

In my experience, when it comes to women, good guys finish last. The good guy is predictable, honest and boring. The bad boy is more exciting since he is not exactly on the level. The best liars will get more loving. It could do with women and unconditional love and bad boys exercising this to a larger extent.

If you look at the way the female vote breaks down, you can sort of tell who the good and bad boys are based on who the women are slanting to. The male vote goes the other way. Men prefer data and facts and not fluff. Men are more defensive against bull since it takes one to know one. Men lie to women not to each other. Mitt is better with the guys because men sense he is honest while the ladies like the bad boy Obama. Mitt does not know how to be bad in that subtle way.

But in the end the women will date Vinnie since he is cool, but will marry Herb since he is a better provider. I predict the women will date Obama but in the end will marry Mitt. The guys will stay with Mitt.
 
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I've been reading the back and forth here, and guess what? You have a candidate who sucks running against a president who sucks. This is why I am voting for Gary Johnson. :)
 
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danarhea said:
I've been reading the back and forth here, and guess what? You have a candidate who sucks running against a president who sucks. This is why I am voting for Gary Johnson. :)
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I will be casting a write in ballot for my dead father. this election is like having to decide who you want to take your daughter to the prom...Ted Bundy or Bobby Joe Helms
 
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Well said:
The problem Mitt Romney has is, he is too honest and does not know how to pretend.
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Oh I don't think so. Mitt has absolutely no moral compunction about saying whatever he needs to say to get elected. His problem is that he keeps forgetting that what he says to one group will come back to haunt him when he tries to change his story for the next group.
 
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When all is said and done it's not really his taxes that people have an issue with it's everything insulting that comes out of his mouth.
 
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