President Obama continues to hold a narrow lead over Mitt Romney despite Romney鈥檚 dominant performance in the first presidential debate, according to analysis of a poll about a new Obama attack ad against Romney.
鈥淭he debate opened a door to Romney, but he has not yet walked through it,鈥� said at 杏吧原创 and the leader of the .
When attacking Obama prior to the debate, Romney had a favorability rating of about聽44 percent. After facing the latest attack from Obama, Romney had a favorability rating聽of 41 percent – a small change. Obama鈥檚 favorability has been hovering around 50 percent, with movement of a point or two on either side.
鈥淧erhaps if the next debate on Oct. 16 goes badly for the president, we could see a new ball game,鈥� Geer continued. 鈥淏ut nearly all Americans seem set in their thinking and the fundamentals, which gives Obama a very narrow lead that remains in force.鈥�
The Obama attack ad uses the surreptitiously obtained video clip in which Romney declares to an exclusive Republican gathering that he is not worried about 47 percent of Americans.
鈥淢y job is not to worry about those people,鈥� the ad shows Romney saying, with a narrator adding, 鈥淒oesn鈥檛 the president have to worry about everyone?鈥�
YouGov uses a representative sample of 600 Americans, with an over-sample of 200 independent voters, to rate political ads. Results and a link to the 鈥淩omney Won鈥檛 Say鈥� ad will be posted on a website for .