The impact of Romney's video? By 2-1, 29%-15%, independents say it makes them less likely to back hi

- WASHINGTON -- The secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney dissecting the American electorate at a high-priced fundraiser bolsters him among Republicans but makes almost a third of independents less likely to vote for him, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.
The survey, taken Tuesday, finds just over half of independents say the video won't make a difference in their vote. Those who say it will have an effect by 2-1, 29%-15%, say it makes them less likely rather than more likely to support the GOP presidential nominee.

Predictably, two-thirds of Democrats say the video makes them less likely to support Romney -- very few Democrats are on his side in any case -- while 44% of Republicans say it makes them more likely to back him.In the video, recorded in May, Romney described 47% of the electorate as dependent on the government and out of reach for his campaign. Since it was posted online Monday by Mother Jones magazine, he has characterized his remarks as part of an important debate on the proper role and size of government. Obama campaign officials and other Democrats call them callous and shocking.
"The polling impact is probably going to be negligible because the number of unmade-up minds is relatively small," says Richard Eichenberg, a political scientist at Tufts University. "But it is a close election, and in a close election every percentage counts."

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