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Andrew Kohut: Misreading Election 2012
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The president of the Pew Research Center, Andrew Kohut, says Romney was an especially weak candidate for Republicans and this has to be taken into account in understanding the results of the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Romney failed when it came to establishing empathy with voters compared with Obama and this was a significant factor- 53% to 43% for Romney in exit polls. Even on the economy which should have been a Republican strong point Romney failed to get an advantage over the president with both tied at 48% to 49% for Romney. Republicans were favored in their approach to government- only 43% favored activist government in 2012 compared to 52% in 2008, and 49% disapproved of the Obama health care law and only 44% approving in 2012. On social issues exit polls showed 59% believe abortion should be made legal, and on immigration 65% support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Early in the primaries some commentators said the Republicans were not fielding strong candidates for president who could relate to voters and this has turned out to be true. This also explains the Republicans retaining a majority in the House of Representatives and continuing the hold on governorships.
The president of the Pew Research Center on the results of the U.S. presidential election of 2012- Romney's failure to empathize with voters
11/13/2012
The Republicans fielded a weak candidate in Romney for empathy with voters and Romney failed to capitalize on the economy. This is shown by exit polls. Failure to be in sync with voters on pathways to citizenship also formed a part of this lack of empathy. On the general Republican position of less activist government exit polls show voters favoring activist government going down from 52% to 43%, and on the healthcare law voter disapproval is 49% compared to 44% for voter approval.
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