TAMPA, Fla. – Since voters have largely sized up President Obama, whose approval rating hasn’t topped 49.2 percent this year, somewhat unknown GOP candidate Mitt Romney stands the best chance to see a polling convention bounce.
“The American people already know Barack Obama well,” said Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball team of political experts at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “Romney’s numbers probably have more room to grow,” said Sabato.
On average, Republican presidential candidates see a 5.9 percent poll bounce; Democrats a 4.3 percent convention bounce.
