Obama’s poll numbers have gone down - due to his base being disgusted with him. But if you watch the polls it all evens out about 50/50 so everyone will be focused on Independents.
I however think that the demographic that we should focus on is the people who don’t pay attention and usually don’t vote.
Just sayin......
First time voters favored Obama by 73-26 percent.
They accounted for 11% of his total popular vote.
If he loses them, that drops his popular total by 8%.
They won’t be out in 2012.
That's one reason why Bush's poll numbers were so low: His BASE were disgusted with him. People need to understand...sometimes poll numbers are low for BOTH reasons. People don't like the job you are doing for MULTIPLE reasons. Bush probably lost 20 pts in popularity because his base thought he was to liberal. I answered two phone polls while W was prez...and told the truth about how I felt. I certainly did not feel the need to LIE about the job I thought he was doing out of some misplaced sense of loyalty. I told them he was doing a HORRIBLE job. Too bad they didn't ask why.
BHO is probably losing 5-10 pts because his base think he's too conservative.