WASHINGTON — If the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as vice-presidential running mate to presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has produced a “bump” for the GOP ticket, it is somewhere between small and non-existent. That’s the conclusion from a handful of new polls released on Wednesday.
Gallup released results from their daily tracking poll that showed Romney with a 2 point edge over President Barack Obama (47 to 45 percent) among the 1,863 registered voters interviewed over the four day period since Ryan was selected. That finding represents just a 1 point improvement for Romney since the previous four-day period. Given that results for each of the two samples come with a 3 point margin of error, Gallup concluded that Ryan’s selection “has not done much to change voter preferences, at least initially.”
Gallup’s analysis explains that the “lack of an immediate increase” for Romney is consistent with the “generally tepid reaction to the Ryan pick” as measured in an overnight poll they fielded on Sunday in partnership with USA Today.
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