A recent Rasmussen Reports poll shows that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is seen as more “mainstream,” while President Barack Obama is viewed as more “extreme.”
The poll shows that 52 percent of “Likely U.S. Voters” believe Romney is mainstream, and 45 percent believe the same of Obama. However, poll respondents split on the president, as 45 percent also believe that Obama’s views are extreme.
Romney is generally seen as less extreme, at 30 percent, but more than 18 percent of respondents are undecided about Romney.
A separately conducted Rasmussen poll last month showed that Obama is seen as more likely to be liberal-leaning on the issues than Romney is likely to be conservative-leaning.
The poll, which shows 68 percent of respondents believe the president is at least “somewhat liberal,” whereas 60 percent see Romney as at least “somewhat conservative.”
The poll found the gap is even larger between Obama and Romney on the notion of who is more of an ideologue: 43 percent of “Likely U.S. Voters” believe the president is “very liberal,” while 18 percent said Romney is ‘very conservative.’
Both polls demonstrate that the Obama campaign’s desperate attempts to paint Mitt Romney as out of touch with the American mainstream aren’t fooling the Americans most likely to vote in November.
