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Obama's declining support among whites
chicago tribune ^ | 9/4/09 | Peter Wallsten

Posted on 09/05/2009 6:25:12 PM PDT by mathprof

After a summer of health care battles and sliding approval ratings for President Obama, the White House is facing a troubling new trend: The voters losing faith in the president are the ones he had worked hardest to attract.

New surveys show steep declines in Obama's approval ratings among whites--including Democrats and independents--who were crucial elements of the diverse coalition that helped elect the country's first black president.

Among white Democrats, Obama's job approval rating has dropped 11 points since his 100-days mark in April, according to surveys by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. It has dropped by nine points among white independents and whites over 50, and by 12 points among white women--all voter groups that will be targeted by both parties for support in next year's mid-term elections.

"While Obama has a lock on African-Americans, his support among white voters seems to be almost in a free-fall," said veteran Republican pollster Neil Newhouse.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; bhojobapproval; obama; socialism; third100days; whitevote
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To: cripplecreek

Exactly! I didn’t support him and still don’t support ZERO because he is a socialist with a communist agenda (interchangable words) not because of his race.


21 posted on 09/05/2009 6:35:25 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
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To: mathprof

We are done with the race card. It’s over. Finished. This is not Zimbabwe and it’s not South Africa.

And by the way, we outnumber them. If they don’t want to be fellow American citizens but rulers, it will not happen.


22 posted on 09/05/2009 6:35:38 PM PDT by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: mathprof

Who Is Obama ?

College Transcripts?

PassPort?

BirthPlace?

Who payed for His Education?

My Point Being ,What is Know of Him is UnSavory and the Fundementals are Kept From Us,
WHO Is Obama?
What is He Hideing and Why is The Media Silent?


23 posted on 09/05/2009 6:36:16 PM PDT by bravotu (Have a Nice Day !)
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To: pnh102

actually about 75% that admit it, its probably lower


24 posted on 09/05/2009 6:36:33 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Such morons

This same bunch of loons would buy a sea shore lot in Montana.


25 posted on 09/05/2009 6:37:36 PM PDT by True Grit
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To: mathprof

Chrissie Matthews did not look too happy when he got this news from an NBC pollster.

(At one point, Chrissie slipped and said “death squads” instead of “death panels”!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2333047/posts


26 posted on 09/05/2009 6:39:30 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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To: Canedawg

“You mean to tell me that women- the fairer sex who traditionally votes with their heart instead of their heads- are starting to get a reality check?”

I doubt it. I have several friends in this category and they can be astonishingly good at not seeing reality. Cause and effect? Not their area of expertise.


27 posted on 09/05/2009 6:39:44 PM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: mathprof
The voters losing faith in the president are the ones he had worked hardest to attract BAMBOOZLE.

Were it not for the whitewash job by the MSM, we'd not have this problem.

28 posted on 09/05/2009 6:39:51 PM PDT by umgud (Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
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To: mathprof

Bloody hell....I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sick of this. The guy in the WH....who I DIDN’T vote for....who may have a different ‘skin tone’ as I (sooo the hell what)....is RUINING MY COUNTRY! His ‘color’ has NOTHING to do with this!!!! His POLICIES and BELIEFS DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


29 posted on 09/05/2009 6:40:09 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell)
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To: mathprof
"Once he gets the credit for passing health care reform, then he'll see the political benefit," Parker said.

LOL sure, once Obama passes reform that the majority of Americans DON'T WANT then he'll see political benefit alright!This Parker guy is a real genius; them there libs sure are smart. I can't wait for the Left to see their "political benefit".
30 posted on 09/05/2009 6:40:27 PM PDT by socialismisinsidious ( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
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To: Bahbah

There has always been a large number of American whites who feel guilty about their success and sympathize with the downtrodden. Nixon, Ford, McPain, etc, tried to court them unsuccessfully.


31 posted on 09/05/2009 6:40:32 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: VeniVidiVici

Rangel should be out of a job looking for a defense attorney so rangle can kiss my lilly white A$$$


32 posted on 09/05/2009 6:40:33 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom ;))
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To: mathprof

And, he added, in a state that has been hit hard by economic troubles, voters are willing to give Obama credit for his economic stimulus package and for bailing out the auto industry.

This guy must do stand up comedy


33 posted on 09/05/2009 6:41:27 PM PDT by italianquaker (“Every inch of this Administration is rife with corruption and cronyism.” --- Michelle Malkin)
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To: mathprof

“The voters losing faith in the president are the ones he had worked hardest to attract.”

WHAT? He threw ‘Whitey’ under the bus the very minute that he could...starting with his white Grandma.

Real impressive.

Jerk.


34 posted on 09/05/2009 6:44:31 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: mathprof

The reason we are hearing that whites are racists is because we have fallen for the baloney that only whites can be racists. Just look at the people 0bama has gathered around him over the years...Wright, Michele Robinson, Anthony “Van” Jones, etc., etc., etc. In short, he has immersed himself in a culture of racism.


35 posted on 09/05/2009 6:45:43 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: mathprof
RACISM!
36 posted on 09/05/2009 6:46:18 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; Jeff Head

I don’t object to the color of his skin. I object to the color of his policies!

We need to make a bumper sticker!


37 posted on 09/05/2009 6:48:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: cripplecreek

OJ is a murderer.
Michael was a pedophile.
Marion is a crack head.

I don’t know what is so difficult for them to understand. Maybe it’s due to brain atrophy from non-use.


38 posted on 09/05/2009 6:48:25 PM PDT by Canedawg (FUBO)
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To: mathprof

What would you expect from a Crypto-Marxist and someone who has a nebulous background and upbringing, sat in a Black Nationalist church for 20 years, friends with William Ayers and other fellow travelers, to do after all these years; uphold the very Constitution which has allowed freedom for everyone, no this does not support the objective of absolute power.

As David Horowitz has pointed out, every radical is bigoted, opposed to America and must destroy/over-through the system and its foundations with the goal to obtain power and control without caring about the result; as long as they have the power! (ends justify means) To prove such, watch what is done to real people, not what is said.


39 posted on 09/05/2009 6:49:38 PM PDT by ntmxx (I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
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To: the invisib1e hand
. . . crucial elements of the diverse coalition that helped elect the country's first black president.

Obamao is a fake black man sold by the elitist white media. He is, at most, 3/8th and perhaps as little as 1/8th black. He his half white and the remainder Arab.

40 posted on 09/05/2009 6:52:43 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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