Pennsylvania, Ohio voters unhappy with Obama, Quinnipiac polls say

Los Angeles Times ^ | September 28, 2011 | Michael Muskal

[Baladas]

President Obama continues to have trouble in Pennsylvania and Ohio as a majority of voters in those battleground states said that he does not deserve to be reelected, according to two Quinnipiac University polls released on Wednesday.

Obama carried both states in 2008, but the latest polls show that he would have a tough, though not impossible, time repeating in 2012. Still. it takes a candidate to beat a candidate, and in both states Obama is running very slightly ahead of either Texas Gov. Rick Perry or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the top contestants in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have made repeated visits to both states, and Biden, the former senator from Delaware, has strong roots in Pennsylvania. But both states have been hard hit in the recent economic downturns, and the midterm elections showed Republicans making strong comebacks winning the governor's offices and five House seats in each of the states.

According to the poll, only 43% of those surveyed in Pennsylvania said they approved of how Obama was doing his job, while 51% said he doesn't deserve to be reelected. In Ohio, just 42% approved of the job he was doing and 51% said the president should not be reelected.

In Pennsylvania, the president leads Romney by 45% to 43%, a virtual dead heat, given the margin of error, and he leads Perry 46% to 40%. In Ohio, Obama leads Perry 44% to 41% and Romney 44% to 42%.

[Baladas]

A little surprised at the Pennsylvania numbers on Obama's chances, they're about as low as Ohio's.

[Palladin]

Obama will not carry PA in 2012, unless he can raise the dead.

[Josa]

So have the “bitter, gun-clingers” finally seen the light?

[GonzoGOP]

Obama will not carry PA in 2012, unless he can raise the dead.

The Dems can do that. Here in Chicago we have a saying that on Halloween the dead walk the Earth. And on the following Tuesday they vote Democrat.

[RockinRight]

Why does Obama still “lead” then?

[Arkansas Tider]

It could be an early election night for the 0, if OH, PA and Fl turn red on him. More time to celebrate for us.

[ari-freedom]

but Rendell is not the governor anymore. A Republican is.

[G Larry]

Same results if they polled the other 48 states!
(or was that 55?)

[seoul62]

Oh my.

[Tribune7]

ping

[chimera]

The election is a lifetime away (in the political time frame), and Obumble has a lot of time to patch things up with the sheeple, so it would be a big mistake to count him out at this point. And never underestimate the propensity of the ‘Pubs to screw things up, nominate a bad candidate who will say crazy things that will be nothing but fodder for the media, the ‘Rats, and Obummer to hammer out of the park. So let's not pop our corks yet, I still think it will be a long, tough slog against dirty, rotten opponents who will stop at nothing to hold on to power, and will have to be dragged kicking and screaming away from their privileged political positions.

[thouworm]

Related thread:

POLL DISASTER FOR OBAMA (Underwater in must win states of Ohio and Pennsylvania)

[chris_bdba]

IMHO Quinnipiac’s numbers are not showing exactly how bad it is here in Ohio for Obama.It has been literally a year since I have heard anyone even try to support anything he has done and if his name comes up anywhere the curing begins.I saw a saying the other day nine that was something to the effect of “If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you weren’t racist vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you aren’t an idiot....”

[chris_bdba]

nine= night

[Palladin]

Good one!