Posted on 09/06/2009 11:29:28 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama Is Fast Losing White Voters' Support
His approval ratings with the crucial bloc have plunged since April. Strategists say the healthcare debate is largely to blame, but that's not the only reason.
The Obama family returns from Camp David. It's unclear whether President Obama's ratings slip is based on policy or personal issues. (Ron Sachs / Pool Photo / September 6)
Graphic: Poll results
By Peter Wallsten September 7, 2009
Reporting from Washington - After a summer of healthcare 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, Obamas 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 and the Press.
It has dropped by 9 points among white independents and whites over 50, and by 12 points among white women -- all groups that will be targeted by both parties in next year's midterm 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.
Strategists in both parties blame Obama's decline on growing discontent with his policy agenda, particularly after a month of often-rowdy debate over his proposed healthcare overhaul, in which some conservatives accused him of socialism. Obama's ratings seem likely to rise again if he wins passage of healthcare legislation this fall.
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Now we know blacks will support a “black president” no matter how much everyone else says he sucks.
Why would he care? To him, they're all a bunch of RACISTS anyway!
Bammy better raise the dead or walk on water like they were promised or he’s out!
Obama is losing all but the far left wing voters. Only the LAT would turn this into a racial issue (the originator of the Magic Negro comment).
Let’s see, it’s racist for whites to have less than 50% approval for Obama, but not-racist for blacks to have 95% approval.
We all is a bunch of white racist CRACKERS! Van Jones Especial!
Glad I could help!
Yes I am white and I have lost confidence in Obama..What has he got against Goldman Sachs?...they aren’t making nearly enough money!! and how come so few Goldman Sachs cronies occupy positions of power in the US govt...I mean I would gladly donate my children’s food allowance if it would help the patriotic efforts of Goldman Sachs to save the constitution and strengthen America and her workers.
gag gag gag gag..puuuuke
F*&^ing LATimes Leftist scumrats just *had* to call them “White” voters! They don’t dare call them what they *really* are: Democrat/Liberal voters.
Those are GREAT!! Thanks!!
btt
And they're right. His white supporters are noticing he's a racist.
Propaganda.
“Obama’s ratings seem likely to rise again if he wins passage of healthcare legislation this fall.”
Um, what? Likely to rise, are they? Nice little piece of subversion. Let’s just slide this premise in wherever we can, why don’t we?
How about millions of pissed-off Americans ready to confound and tie-up their unconstitutional and communist health care nightmare from the get-go!
The ominous part of the story is that old people are withdrawing their support not because of his anti-American ideology but because their OTHER socialist program is being threatened.
Better start teaching your kids what is capitalism and freedom versus hard-left opression. We have the luke-warm ‘support’ form old folks now but what happens in another twenty years?
This is an example of how it is close to impossible to oppose them once their ‘programs’ are in place.
Those who believe that our ‘heroes’ in the GOP will repeal the bill are fooling themselves.
If they pass health care, we’re done. The US will start her march into oblivion on the day the wretched bill passes.
We will not survive 0bamacare as a free country.
The voters losing faith in the president are the ones he had worked hardest to lie to.
Back in England in my younger days this kind of singing and washboard rythm was accompanied by a broom handle attached by one string to a largish plywood carton and pulling the broom handle tightened the string and changed notes on this home made double base instrument.
We called it skiffling and I no longer remember if that was the American name for it or a British one.
I played guitar a bit and we would sing and play with a couple of friends on the washboad and plywood double base.None of us had yet learned to read sheet music, so we invented much of it as we went along.
Not always that well so we were always relagaed to take it as far away as home as poissible and nowhere near a neighbor (matter of good manners).
No they won’t, if he is conservative.
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