Posted on 11/28/2009 2:26:30 PM PST by ScottinVA
Really interesting survey. A few stats stick out. I am astounded at the low approval ratings for Obama in the 18-34 crowd. At only 33% it is the lowest of all the age groups. Hallelujah! Maybe there is hope for the future. They are apparently smarter than the older crowd. Another stat is not entirely surprising but still says a lot. Regarding marital status, it is rather telling that 60% of the singles approve of Obama, contrasting with only a 30% approval rating for married people. Singles, especially single women, tend to look to the government to serve as a surrogate husband who will take care of them if they need it. What surprises me is the vast contrast between singles and married. Also, the disapproval rate among blacks for Obama is amazing! Wow! What an encouraging poll. I hope it is accurate.
Just wow... ;-)
I called several times to remind them otherwise.
They still believe the Democratic Party represents them as they did in their youth. MSM evening News is still believable for them and is their only information stream when it comes to national politics.
They'll not avail themselves to the truth until it's too late and then it'll only give them pause before they pull the lever for another Dem.
All you liberals who are lurkers. We got your number. It is small compared to ours.
If those districts could run some good conservative GOP or Independent conservative candidates I think VA could add 4 new conservative members to the House in November.
That's easy; we have a very large population of government under-employed here in VA.
The difference in the Clinton mid-term was that Dick Morris pulled Clinton back towards the center and a GOP congress enforced that centrist image halfway through his first term.
Lest we forget, the economy was in much better shape when Clinton was in office. That is the indicator so many of us forget due to our interest in the more minute day to day events. Zero will own the economy by the mid-terms and if it does not turn around by 2012 he will eat it. Add in the increasing number of usually apolitical folks (tea party anyone?) who are worried about our national debt and spending and the trend lines are really bad for the DNC.
Will it get bad enough for the DNC to lose the house in 2010? I did not think it would but now I am starting to have hope. Conservatives are really motivated right now despite the lack of enthusiasm for the GOP.
Of whom do you speak Sir?
“What is with the freaking STUPID oldsters in that state (and presumably elsewhere)? They approve of Obama more than the youngsters do!”
Saw another national poll recently (Gallup, Rasmussen, ?) that gave the highest approval from the youngest age group.
Maybe Virginia has extra smart young people.
We=Voting Conservatives
Also notice the break of women voters. Women make up 53% of the vote in VA.
We still need one state to flip.
Nationwide, though, I think four years after they got their American Idol elected, those kids will be out of college and will have had time to learn there are no jobs for them. Some may figure out why. That almost made me hopeful, until I consider the 15 to 17 year olds today who will probably replace them and vote {shudder} the same way they did. So I have much more faith in the old crones like me understanding what has happened to us than I do in teenagers who can barely read. But vote.
Anyway, just my two pennies.
SurveyUSA’s racial internals are notorious, even though their overall results are usually dead-on..
He’s 48-48 in Oregon.
In presidential elections, old voters tend to be much harder to move; young voters go with the front-runner. So if a a candidate is pulling 60% approval, look for him to get 70% of the young and 55% of the old, but if that same candidate crashes to 40%, look for him to get 30% of the young amd 45% of the old.
don’t think he cares - he has 3 more years to achieve his objectives.
Oh, I think he does. He knows that with a Congress that is not as friendly as today, most of his agenda will go awry... Even now, with a super majority in Congress, many of his agenda didn’t go through smoothly... Imagine after next year’s election.
Only problem is he does not need Congress for much of his agenda. just look who he has in the cabinet, as czars and heading agencies. There is alot to accomplish without Congressional approval.
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