Obama, Dems enjoy favorability edge
The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll notes that Mitt Romney's favorability rating is still underwater: "[I]t's lower than every other presidential nominee's score at this similar point of time in the history of the poll -- except for George H.W. Bush's 34-52 rating in October 1992." The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows very similar results.
It's safe to say the "47 percent" video took a severe toll on the Republican's public standing.
But looking over the internals (pdf) of the NBC poll, it's not just Romney with a problem -- it's his party.
I put together this chart showing the favorable and unfavorable ratings for President Obama, the Democratic Party, Romney, and the Republican Party. Clearly, none of them are breaking any records for popularity, but note that the president and his party have a clear advantage.
There's still time for conditions to change, but making a party and its candidates better liked over the course of five weeks is inherently tricky. For that matter, consider what Republicans are asking the electorate to do: the GOP already has the U.S. House, and now they want voters to reward them with the White House and the U.S. Senate, too.
For a party that just isn't popular, it's a tall order.
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