Impact of the Convention

• The Convention has created large numbers of positive impressions of Romney but this effect is being somewhat offset by highly negative information elsewhere
• Convention Watchers:
• • 67% more favorable rating
  • 33% less favorable

Favorite Speech

• A plurality of likely voters in key swing states who have been paying attention to the convention were able to recall Ann Romney’s speech. More than a third could recall Chris Christie’s speech.  Night one speeches have very high recall among likely voters because they have had a full news cycle of coverage whereas night two speakers have not yet been covered extensively in the press.
  • Convention Speech recall
    • Ann Romney: 44%
    • Chris Christie 37%

• Ann Romney’s speech was the clear favorite among likely voters in key swing states with Chris Christie’s speech coming in second.  
  • Convention Speech Favorite Speaker Night 1
    • Ann Romney: 33%
    • Chris Christie 16%

See full results here:

http://www.wparesearch.com/uncategorized/wpas-republican-national-survey-results/