Posted on 09/15/2011 12:01:06 PM PDT by Baladas
A new poll released Thursday morning shows President Obama's approval rating is dropping in Virginia -- a battleground state the Democrat took from Republicans en route to winning the White House in 2008.
These new numbers show the president’s disapproval rating has spiked in Virginia to 54 percent. The Quinnipiac University Poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,368 registered voters between September 7-12. The results mirror other polls that show a continuing slide in the president’s popularity in a slow, troubled economy.
Fifty-one percent of those surveyed say they do not think President Obama deserves to be re-elected. That’s compared with 41 percent who said they would re-elect him. In June 2011, 48 percent approved of the president’s performance. That number now sits at 40 percent.
Most troubling for Obama is his poor performance among independents, many of whom supported him three years ago. Sixty-three percent of unaligned voters disapproved of the way Obama is handling his duties while only 29 percent approved.
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I’m sorry but you know nothing about our politics and are over estimating liberal strength in NOVA. Only Faifax and Arlington counties are blue. McDonnell won Fairfax county in 2009 and is very popular. Obuggery is not winning here in 2012. His goose is cooked.
NoVA was nice 15 years ago. But I was happy to leave it behind this year. It’s rapidly turning into a liberal suburban multiculti megalopolis. I knew I wasn’t a good fit anymore when I started seeing entire shopping centers without any English signage (and in fact no recognizeable stores at all, just blacked-out fronts) and buildings flying national flags other than Old Glory on the highest pole (the Koreans are the worst offenders in that department). The only other place in America that I ever saw such multiculti nonsense was NYC.
Not anymore. Housing prices have dropped and every time I go for a drive I notice that yet another long time business has closed. Northern Virginia was in a fantasy land for a long time but it’s fraying around the edges.
Not anymore. Housing prices have dropped and every time I go for a drive I notice that yet another long time business has closed. Northern Virginia was in a fantasy land for a long time but it’s fraying around the edges.
Not anymore. Housing prices have dropped and every time I go for a drive I notice that yet another long time business has closed. Northern Virginia was in a fantasy land for a long time but it’s fraying around the edges.
To each is own but I love Koreatown. You can’t can’t be bibimbap that good outside of Seol.
And look for Warner to retire in 2014....at best, it’d be a difficult race, and even if he won...he’d be in the minority...
Fits with the FL poll the other day that shows a swing toward the more conservative GOP candidates and away from Romney. People want less government.
8 states, off the top of my head that Obama won in 2008 which he will not likely win in 2012:
1. VA
2. IN
3. FL
4. OH
5. NV
6. NM
7. NC
8. NH
Obama’s war on coal has killed any lingering support he may have had west of Roanoke and Abingdon.
Guess what ,those Jobs Never Go away,The Only Candidate I heard say he would Close the dept of Education,Energy,Transportation,was Ron Paul, all the Others wont touch One agency,Business as Usual,I am 61 years old and I have never seen the Government spend less than the Year Before and I never will.
Yes, it’s looking good, though I’m still not so sure that a couple of those (NM, NH) woll flip. I’d add MI, CO, and WI to the list to boot.
Oh, and PA - the coal industry comment he made three years ago, should’ve never won that state after that. Slow learners should be welcomed if the goal of getting rid of Obama is possible.
Add Sarah Palin to your list:
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That’s funny. Can I steal it as a tagline?
Did you factor in the movement of electoral votes?
Yes I did. :)
Darn. I mean, good for you for doing the extra work and being on top of it, but your total was so close, I was sort of hoping you forgot that and there was a net loss of about 4 from the states he kept that you hadn’t taken into account.
Well, there is 1 more as he won the 1st Nebraska Congressional District by less that 1% in 2008, and I doubt that will hold.
But there are no 3 EC States that he won (VT, DE, and DC) that I see flipping easier than 4 EC New Hampshire.
LOL!
To each his own. If I wanted to live in Korea, I’d move there.
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