If there’s good news for Mitt Romney in the new CNN poll, it’s hiding well.
According to a CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday, 52% of registered voters nationwide back the president, compared to 46% for Romney. Just before the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Obama was tied with Romney 48%-48%.
But what has to be frustrating for Republicans isn’t just the top-line results, it’s everything else. In the wake of both major-party conventions, Democratic enthusiasm is up; confidence in Obama’s economic leadership is up; and the favorability ratings for Romney and the Republican Party are down.
Indeed, perhaps the most striking thing about the poll results is that Romney was better liked by Americans before the conventions, while Obama’s favorability is at its highest level in nearly two years. And when it comes to which candidate voters trust more when it comes to 17 issues and personal qualities, the president leads Romney in 16 of them, most by large margins (the exception is deficit reduction, on which Romney has a modest three-point lead).









