Obama’s support among non-Hispanic whites is down to 39%, and this is a poll of ADULTS. Not likely voters, not registered voters, not even registered voters—adults. With these numbers, Obama would be hard-pressed to crack 1/3 of the non-Hispanic white vote. And if he’s only at 60% among Hispanic adults, he’s probably at around 50% support among Hispanics that are likely voters.
That 49% overall approval rating among adults would translate into maybe 45% among likely voters, not enough to win reelection. And as for 2010, fuhgeddaboutit, Democrats will be running away from Obama in all but the most liberal districts, and it still won’t be enough to save many of them. Democrats in Congress are reading these polls, and with every passing day it becomes less likely that they’ll stick their necks out for Obama on unpopular measures such as Obamacare and Cap and Trade.
I just saw an old liberal-slanted slate article on Obama and the white vote.
But it’s from last year, optimistic cause he did better with whites than lilly white upperclass rats Gore and Kerry.
The rats always point to declining white population spelling certain future dominance for them. If he indeed gets only about 1/3 of the non Hispanic white vote he is gonna to lose.