{"id":50400,"date":"2011-12-06T11:58:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2011\/12\/06\/nomination-race-hurting-gop-but-not-helping-obama\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:48:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:48:20","slug":"nomination-race-hurting-gop-but-not-helping-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2011\/12\/06\/nomination-race-hurting-gop-but-not-helping-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomination Race Hurting GOP, But Not Helping Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2011\/12\/06\/nomination-race-hurting-gop-but-not-helping-obama\/12-6-11-wp-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20036682\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"346\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2011\/12\/12-6-11-WP-11.png?resize=296,346 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-68541 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2011\/12\/12-6-11-WP-11.png\" alt=\"\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the fight for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination unfolds, more Americans say their impression of the GOP field is worsening than improving. Those views, however, have not resulted in a better view of President Barack Obama at this point.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By a margin of two-to-one, more say that their impression of the GOP field is getting worse (31%) than getting better (14%). Half (50%) say their impression remains the same as they learn more about the Republican candidates.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About one-in-five (19%) say their impression of Obama has improved as they learn more about the Republicans. About as many (21%) say that the GOP campaign is worsening their impression of the president. Most (58%) say the Republicans have had no effect on their feelings about Obama.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The negative margin in evaluations of the GOP field rises to three-to-one (29% worse vs. 10% better) among independents, according to the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People &amp; the Press and The Washington Post, conducted Dec. 1-4 among 1,008 adults. Still, more than half (55%) say their impression is unchanged.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only Republicans are more likely to say their impression of the field is improving (30%) rather than getting worse (8%). Nearly six-in-ten (58%) say their take hasn\u2019t changed. Last month, about half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (48%) said they saw the field as excellent or good; about as many (46%) said they saw the candidates as a group as only fair or poor. (See<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2011\/11\/17\/obama-job-approval-edges-up-gop-contest-remains-fluid\/\"> \u201cObama Job Approval Improves, GOP Contest Remains Fluid.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among independents, 14% say the GOP campaign has improved their impression of Obama while 20% say it has made them more critical of the president. Nearly two-thirds (64%) say their opinion remains the same.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a third of Democrats (36%) say the GOP campaign has made them feel better about Obama, while 6% say it has made them feel worse. Most (56%) say their impression of the president has not been changed as they learn more about the Republican candidates.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the fight for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination unfolds, more Americans say their impression of the GOP field is worsening than improving. Those views, however, have not resulted in a better view of President Barack Obama at this point. 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