UK: No Ryan bump

The Guardian

Mitt Romney fails to get significant boost from Paul Ryan selection

US presidential race remains neck and neck despite attention received by Republican's pick for running mate

• Associated Press

Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against the US president, Barack Obama, despite receiving huge media attention. The campaign remains neck and neck with less than three months to go, an AP-GfK poll reveals.

Overall, 47% of registered voters said they planned to back Obama and the vice-president, Joe Biden, in November, while 46% favoured Romney and Ryan. In a June AP-GfK survey the split was 47% for the president to 44% for Romney.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/22/mitt-romney-paul-ryan