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Romney’s '47 percent' comment hurting his favourability | Two-thirds of Americans heard Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney’s comments about the ‘47 percent’, and a majority of them said it makes them less likely to vote for him. According to a Pew Research Center
poll, among Americans who knew Romney made the ‘47 percent’ remarks, in which
he said a portion of Americans saw themselves as ‘victims’ dependent on government
and were destined to vote for President Barack Obama, 55 percent had a negative
reaction.
Democrats, in particular, were unhappy with Romney’s comments: 88 percent
had a negative reaction. Only 54 percent of Republicans had a positive one. Among
independents, 18 percent had a positive reaction and 55 percent had a negative
one, Politico reports. According to the report, nearly half of those who were
aware of Romney’s comments said the media were covering the statements too much.
Nearly 13 percent said there wasn’t enough coverage, and 28 percent said there
was just the right amount, the report dded.
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