Comeback? If this is a comeback, I sure wouldn't want one.
Did you miss the election results this week? Those polls were pretty definitive.
Posted on 09/16/2011 4:43:40 PM PDT by sunmars
For the first time, more Americans have an unfavorable opinion of President Obama than have a favorable opinion of him, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll released late Friday, an indication that dissatisfaction with the president's job performance and the direction of the country is dragging down how Americans view Obama personally.
Just 39 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Obama, while 42 percent view him unfavorably. In January of this year, 40 percent had a favorable image of Obama, and 34 percent had an unfavorable opinion. In January 2009, as he was inaugurated, 60 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of him.
While the president's approval rating -- which is down to 43 percent in the new poll, an all-time low -- is an important indicator of his re-election standing, the high regard Americans felt for Obama personally was a sign that Americans hadn't yet given up on his presidency.
In the new CBS News/New York Times poll, Obama is being crushed by negative data points:
-- 72 percent of Americans believe the nation is on the wrong track, a new high for the Obama presidency.
-- 49 percent of Democrats now say that Obama's job performance has been worse than they expected.
-- 47 percent of Americans are either "not very confident" or "not at all confident" that Obama's jobs legislation "will create jobs and improve the economy."
-- Obama's favorable/unfavorable rating among independents: 31 percent/41 percent.
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That’s probably some good advice. I will do that. I had settled on Rasmussen because I thought his were reliable. I told myself I’d take the good and bad of what his polls came up with. However, the past couple of weeks...I’ve really got my doubts.
Unless something drastic happens within the next 13 months or the G.O.P. nominates a quack or an idiot, this man will be forever known as “Black Carter.”
Comeback? If this is a comeback, I sure wouldn't want one.
Did you miss the election results this week? Those polls were pretty definitive.
The only stat I would like to know is what percent of the dummies who voted for Ibama last election will vote for him again in 2012?
Yeah. I just went over to RCP. I threw out the highs and lows.
“Rasmussen shows Barry having a big comeback. These polls are all over the place.”
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I have never understood Rasmussen.
I would expect Obumbo to be in a linear free fall,
but Rasmussen has him bumping up and down....Up today.
That was the one I was talking about. He was bouncing around in the low and mid -20s. He goes on his, “If you really love me, pass this bill” tour and now he’s at -17. Something is going on. That many people haven’t changed their minds already.
Someone else made the Pierce connection? Bless you sir.
Don’t trust Ras polls. He jacks them around so bad this far before an election.
this biased so called media we have have been defending him so much and that is the reason why his numbers stayed up there but imagine if they did their job and really reported on this phony who is clearly over his head?
“He never had the right, he lost the left, and he’s losing the center.”
All is chaos. The center cannot hold.
 Zer0's entering his 'Jimmy Carter' phase, where the majority of people begin to just tune him out and realize he is a failed president who's words no longer inspire and instead create malaise and concern for the nation. Now all we need is that Plains, Georgia rabbit from 1979. |
No! I correct myself!
GREAT NEWS FOR THE U.S.!
On the 5 they mentioned how NY9 could make DWS nervous.
2010 was the first time she had an opponent.
Karen Harringtong got a lot of votes (for purple Broward county FL).
http://www.karenforcongress.com
And awaiting stage left is the re-constituded wonder woman, HILLARY!!
John Kennedy - 70.1% (did not finish term - assassinated)
Dwight Eisenhower - 69.6% (re-elected)
George W. Bush - 62.2% (re-elected)
George H.W. Bush - 60.9% (defeated)
Richard Nixon - 55.8% (re-elected)
Ronald Reagan - 50.3% (re-elected)
Lyndon Johnson - 50.3% (did not run for second term)
Bill Clinton - 49.6% (re-elected)
Gerald Ford - 47.2% (defeated)
Jimmy Carter - 45.5% (defeated)
Harry Truman - 45.4% (narrowly re-elected)
Barack Obama - currently 39% (and dropping)
It remains to be seen what Obama's final average approval rating will be before his first term is over but as you can see, it is not looking good for him historically. Only Clinton and Truman were able to be re-elected with less than a 50% approval rating and that is only because they had very weak opponents (Dole and Dewey).
So long as the GOP puts up a strong opponent, it looks pretty dismal for Obama's re-election chances.
They can have him, then.
Obama is proof ANYBODY can become president.
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