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The Republican National Convention formally nominated Romney as the presidential candidate on the 28th

The Republican National Convention held in Tampa, Florida, on the 28th formally nominated Romney and Ryan as the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

The Republican National Convention, which had its first day shortened due to the impact of Hurricane Isaac, started its second day at 2 pm on the 28th, officially nominating Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates. Romney's nomination ended the lengthy primary process and officially opened the tug-of-war for the White House with President Obama.

Romney is scheduled to deliver a speech accepting the party's nomination on the evening of the 30th.

In the arduous and expensive primary election, Romney's nomination was already a certainty as early as May. Party representatives held a verbal vote on the afternoon of the 28th. By 5:40, after Romney received 50 party delegate votes from New Jersey, he received 1,144 votes, exceeding the nomination threshold, and officially became the Republican presidential candidate.

In the oral vote, party representatives cheered loudly every time Romney's name was read out. Romney finally won 2,061 party delegate votes, and the other 202 party delegate votes belonged to other candidates.

Among the candidates in the Republican primary, except for Texas Congressman Paul, everyone else has expressed support for Romney. Paul's support votes were not enough for him to enter the nomination vote, but he still received 190 party delegate votes. Former Pennsylvania Congress Senator Santorum received 9 votes. Former Utah Governor Huntsman, Congressman Buckman and former Louisiana Governor Romer each received one vote.

Later on the 28th, the National Congress also voted to approve Ryan as the Republican vice presidential candidate. When the Republican National Convention finalized Romney's nomination, he watched the TV broadcast of the vote in a hotel across from the convention venue. Romney went to the venue to listen when his wife Ann gave a speech that night.

Romney's personal popularity has hit its lowest point in the past 30 years

ABC said that the latest polls show that Republican presidential nominee Romney's personal popularity has hit its lowest point in the past 30 years in the history of major party nominations. An ABC/Washington Post poll said that half of the respondents had an unfavorable opinion of Romney, while only 40% had a favorable opinion of Romney. So far, no candidate has won an election with such low approval ratings. In contrast, 55% of respondents have a favorable opinion of Obama, while 47% view him negatively.

Regardless of the poll results, delegates attending the National Republican Convention in Tampa remained optimistic. Representative Mike from New Jersey said in an interview, "How could you not be excited about the convention." "I was in Minnesota four years ago and I have never seen such a passionate scene as this year." But in order to win the hearts of voters outside the venue, the Republican Party used the evening prime time on the first day of the convention to reintroduce Romney to them, portraying Romney as an advocate of family values ​​and economic reform.罗姆尼的妻子安和新泽西州长克里斯蒂两个性格截然迥异的人物成为大会主旨演讲人,两人希望通过自己的发言为罗姆尼赢得党内忠实选民和摇摆独立选民的支持。 Over the past year, his wife Ann has been building momentum for Romney's campaign. At this national convention, she tried to downplay Romney's serious image, describing Romney as a good father who loves his children and a good husband who loves his wife. When she mentioned that she was suffering from breast cancer and her whole family was worried, Ann said, "In the story books I have read, I have never seen such a scene: on a long winter afternoon, it was raining outside, and the five children in the house were crying in unison."

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