Romney’s high school conduct will not have a major effect on their vote, say 90 percent of Americans, and 72 percent say that the Washington Post’s front-page coverage of Romney’s alleged involvement in a bullying incident over 45 years ago provides no useful information about Romney’s character, according to a new poll produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates.
ABC reports:
Most Americans, in any case, see the general approach as inappropriate: Seventy-five percent in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, say it’s unfair to bring up things a political candidate did in high school. Given the context of the bullying story, 89 percent of Republicans say so; that slips to 73 percent of independents and 66 percent of Democrats.
Further, 72 percent think the specific bullying incident, first reported by The Washington Post, does not provide useful information about Romney’s character. That, too, engenders partisan divisions: Almost all Republicans (94 percent) think the incident isn’t relevant; 71 percent of independents and 59 percent of Democrats agree.