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Obama's Disapproval Soars in Virginia
NBC Washington ^ | Sep 15, 2011 | Melissa Mollet

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.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: approvalratings; bhojobapproval; miserablefailure; msm; obama; va2012; virginia
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To: jboot

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.


21 posted on 09/15/2011 12:36:00 PM PDT by DarthVader (That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
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To: truthguy

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.


22 posted on 09/15/2011 12:37:23 PM PDT by jboot
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To: albie

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.


23 posted on 09/15/2011 12:40:58 PM PDT by stellaluna
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To: albie

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.


24 posted on 09/15/2011 12:41:03 PM PDT by stellaluna
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To: albie

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.


25 posted on 09/15/2011 12:41:13 PM PDT by stellaluna
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To: jboot

To each is own but I love Koreatown. You can’t can’t be bibimbap that good outside of Seol.


26 posted on 09/15/2011 12:43:42 PM PDT by stellaluna
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To: ckilmer

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...


27 posted on 09/15/2011 12:53:08 PM PDT by ken5050 (Save the EARTH...it's the ONLY planet with CHOCOLATE!!!)
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To: Baladas

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.


28 posted on 09/15/2011 1:02:04 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: Baladas

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


29 posted on 09/15/2011 1:25:45 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Baladas

Obama’s war on coal has killed any lingering support he may have had west of Roanoke and Abingdon.


30 posted on 09/15/2011 1:32:17 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: albie

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.


31 posted on 09/15/2011 1:32:55 PM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Signalman

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.


32 posted on 09/15/2011 1:41:55 PM PDT by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: ballplayer
The Only Candidate I heard say he would Close the dept of Education,Energy,Transportation,was Ron Paul

Add Sarah Palin to your list:

"Such an approach would require some drastic spending cuts, of the sort that can become politically uncomfortable for Republicans. Palin said bring it on. “There is so much spending that is not a priority for national security or for those constitutionally mandated services and accepted services that the public wants to see their federal government provide—take care of those things,” she said. “Everything else is going to have to wait, and that’s just reality.” She would like to revamp, or even eliminate, whole agencies—the Department of Energy, for example—as Reagan once spoke of doing. “That’s the kind of grand reform that is very, very difficult to do. But it can be done.”"

on Page 5

33 posted on 09/15/2011 1:55:37 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: ILS21R

That’s funny. Can I steal it as a tagline?


34 posted on 09/15/2011 1:55:50 PM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
If those States do not vote for him in 2012, he will only have 273 Electoral Votes

Did you factor in the movement of electoral votes?

35 posted on 09/15/2011 1:58:29 PM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: tnlibertarian

Yes I did. :)


36 posted on 09/15/2011 2:03:23 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

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.


37 posted on 09/15/2011 2:13:27 PM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: tnlibertarian

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.


38 posted on 09/15/2011 2:18:07 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: ILS21R

LOL!


39 posted on 09/15/2011 4:01:00 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: stellaluna

To each his own. If I wanted to live in Korea, I’d move there.


40 posted on 09/15/2011 6:29:01 PM PDT by jboot
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