https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/09/did-romneys-conservative-shift-help-him-or-hurt-him/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:11:37 -0400<![CDATA[What&#8217;s the net effect on Romney support? Even though strong conservatives have become much more supportive of Romney, they constitute a tiny fraction of the electorate. Most voters are moderate. In the YouGov survey, for instance, only 11% placed themselves at 5 on the ideology scale. In contrast, 36% placed themselves at 3. So, across all learners, Romney’s shift turns out to have hurt him by about one percentage point—not much, but everything counts in an election as close as this one.]]>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:20:55 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/09/did-romneys-conservative-shift-help-him-or-hurt-him-n97315