Poll shows Obama popularity slipping in Virginia

WSLS ^ | 7/8/09 | Tyler Whitey

[pissant]

A new poll shows President Barack Obama’s popularity in Virginia has slipped below 50 percent.

The Public Policy poll of 617 likely general election voters showed Obama with a 48 percent approval rating, which is within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

The survey showed 46 percent disapproval and 6 percent not sure.

The opinion is highly polarized, the poll shows, with 95 percent of Democrats but only 9 percent of Republicans viewing him favorably. Fifty-two percent of independents disapprove of his performance with only 38 percent approving.

The poll was taken June 30 through July 2.

[Gabz]

The SW mountains region isn’t the problem. The Northeast corner is and has been for quite some time.

Now wait just a daggone minute........Accomack County is the northeast corner of Virginia and we went for Palin (I mean McCain).....

Just joshin' with ya --- I know you mean NoVA but to tell truth it really bites when people automatically assume NE VA means the DC suburbs and totally forget us hicks on the Eastern Shore (aka God's Country)

[WHBates]

"If it does pass the Senate and we can vote these idiots out in 2010, can we repeal this bill?"

Unless both the Senate and the house changes hands (and the Senate with a 60 R majority, unlikely) it would next to impossible to reverse much of this stuff before 2012. It needs to be stopped now if possible.

[dr_who]

I think that there is only so much that Obama can do to hurt the Republicans that the Republicans aren’t already doing to themselves. Obama can of course try to undermine our democracy further by turning the entire country into Chicago, but only if Republicans do nothing and the country by and large doesn’t care.

[When do we get liberated?]

The Vanilla Ice POtuS?

[dr_who]

I forgot about the eastern shore...on second thought, I'll quit while I'm ahead.

Well, I will say this. Number-wise, I'd say that the voices that dominate that part of the state are those of third-rate, highly strung, vain people who are all imports from the northeast part of the country and few other urban centers. The sort that are attracted to power and other people's money.

[When do we get liberated?]

Are you from SW VA? Love that area, I have business out there but I rarely get there for distance reasons. I still go out of my way to run my Pontiac from Walkers Place to rt 19. Someday I will take my modded Opel out there. If you know someone in the car business out there I may know them...

[Gabz]

LOL!!! That’s why I said I was just kidding, I knew exactly what you meant and I totally agree with you.

We have our fair share of that type mentality on the Shore, and I say that as someone who has only lived here 6 years after 21 years of living in Delaware -— where I moved to when from New York City at the age of 22 :)

I can truly say I understand the “resentment” over the northeast liberal invasion — it’s part of the reason we left Delaware for Virginia.

[Corin Stormhands]

Rudee’s Inlet is a great suggestion. I forget the name of the restaurant but the upscale restaurant in the Hilton (by the statue of Neptune) is very nice. Pricey and snooty, but very nice.

We’re fond of the Virginia Marine Science Center.

Nauticus in Norfolk is great.