Public Policy Polling has released the results of a new poll, in which some questions are asked about Romney’s treatment of dogs. The questions appear to be asked in the right order; that is, the fact that Romney abused his dog is not revealed until preliminary questions about dog treatment generally have been asked. These lead up to the following question, with the following results.
Mitt Romney once strapped his dog’s kennel to
the roof of his car for a long car trip. Does this
make you more or less likely to vote for him, or
does it not make a difference?
More likely………………………………………………. 7%
Less likely ………………………………………………. 35%
Doesn’t make a difference ………………………… 55%
Not sure …………………………………………………. 2%
Now, we must assume that a certain percentage of voters were already aware of Romney’s dog problem, including many of his “supporters”, so despite PPP’s best efforts the results are probably a bit skewed by some “push answering”, so to speak.
Most of Romney’s supporters, lukewarm as they are, are probably safely ensconced in the “Doesn’t make a difference” category, but how to explain the 7% who feel they are more likely to vote for a dog torturer? I am a cynic, but even I don’t believe a full 7% of the population are sociopathic robots like some candidates I could mention, or sadists. I think we can come to only one conclusion about this bite size chunk of the populace. The 7% is his base, below which he cannot go.
Even a candidate as repulsive as Romney attracts rabid supporters. He may not be able to fill a stadium, but nonetheless, it appears there are actually some people, outliers that they are, that support Romney so much they will say whatever needs to be said to support him. They are the people who actually want to vote for the man. They are the 7%. I know where 1/7th of them come from, but what of the other 6/7ths?
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