Gallup is now ceasing its primary polling having concluded that Mitt Romney is the Republican nominee. So they took a stroll down history's lane and looked at the popularity of nominees within their parties at the end of the primary process.
Mitt Romney stands at 42% in support among Republicans at the end of the process. This means he is the least popular Republican nominee since 1972. Prior to that Gallup reasons the process was less open to the public. Before Romney, Wendell Willkie in 1944 stands closest--at 44%.
For Democrats, the lowest support was for McGovern at 30% in 1972. The Democrat closest to Mitt Romney was Jimmy Carter, who had 48% when he won the nomination in 1980.
Needless to say, all the above lost their general election.
Today's Intratrade has Obama at 60.7% chance of re-election.
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