Gallup released a poll on Sunday that showed President Obama leading likely challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in crucial swing states this fall, and on Monday morning they put out numbers that show Romney voters less enthusiastic than Obama supporters. The poll showed 46 percent of Obama voters excited to cast ballots in 2012, verusus 43 percent of Romney’s, a major drop in Republican enthusiasm in Gallup’s data on the issue.
The decline is especially apparent among Romney voters, whose enthusiasm has fallen 13 percentage points from January, and now is on par with Obama voters’ enthusiasm. Prior to the latest poll, at least half of Romney voters were extremely or very enthusiastic about voting, and their enthusiasm exceeded that of Obama voters.
The decline in Romney voters’ enthusiasm mirrors the trend in enthusiasm among Republican registered voters more generally, which is down 12 points since January, 61% to 49%. Democratic registered voters’ enthusiasm has dropped a smaller seven points, 58% to 51%.
