Romney’s Big Problem: People Just Don’t Like Him Much

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This is from the latest YouGov poll, and it shows Mitt Romney’s big problem in a nutshell: people just don’t like him much. He’s doing OK among Republicans, and he’ll probably do better as the election draws closer, but among independents he’s 24 percentage points behind Obama in likeability. You may or may not believe that Americans should vote for the guy they’d rather watch the Super Bowl with, but they do. And right now, they really, really don’t want to invite Romney into their living rooms.

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