WSJ/NBC News Poll: Ryan Pick Has -1 Impact on Likelihood to Vote for Romney – Compares with Dick Cheney’s +2, Palin’s +8
Congress has a 12% approval rating, according to the poll, which may help explain why Congressman Ryan's favorable rating is just 33%

The new Wall St. Journal/NBC News poll finds that 22 percent of likely voters say that Mitt Romney’s decision to put Rep. Paul Ryan on the Republican ticket makes them more likely to vote for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, while 23 percent say he makes them less likely to vote for Romney; 54 percent say the pick doesn’t affect their vote either way.

That margin (-1) compares with the last five vice-presidential picks like this:

Year Candidate Party VP Helps Ticket?
2012 Mitt Romney GOP Paul Ryan -1
2008 Barack Obama Dem Joe Biden +8
2008 John McCain GOP Sarah Palin +9
2004 John Kerry Dem John Edwards +21
2000 Al Gore Dem Joe Lieberman +13
2000 George W. Bush GOP Dick Cheney +2

The approval rating for Congress is at 12 percent, according to the poll, with 82 percent disapproving. This may be a part of the reason that Congressman Paul Ryan also has a remarkably weak favorable/unfavorable rating: 33 percent/32 percent.

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