I would tend to agree . Thompson has a great message, but needs to polish his speaking skills to make the message come across a little better .
I don't think "speaking skills" have anything to do with it. Most of those responding to polls have never heard Thompson speak, everything they know about him is what they've read or have seen on TV, mostly by the MSM. People can deride the MSM by calling it the "Dinosaur Media" all they want, but this is still where most people get there information from and they base their decisions on that information.