Obama’s Poll Numbers Continue to Drop Nation Wide and in Ohio

July 7th, 2009 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags: , , , , , ,

losing supportGood news for those who believe that Obama is blowing up the economy, destroying the health care system, and endangering national security by cozying up to dictators of all stripes: His poll numbers continue to drop.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 33% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-six percent (36%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –3. Those figures reflect the highest level of strong disapproval measured to date and the lowest level recorded for the overall Approval Index (see trends)…

Since January, the number who Strongly Approve has fallen from 43% to 34% in June. During that same time frame, the number who Strongly Disapprove has grown from 20% to 32%.

Additionally, Rasmussen’s polls show that 56% of Americans say they do not want to pay more (taxes) to fight ‘global warming,’ and only 27% favor another stimulus package.

On top of that, 54% say the average Democrat in Congress is more liberal than they are, while only 36% believe the average Republican congressman is more conservative in comparison to themselves.

And there is more: Obama is also losing support (fast) in the key battle state of Ohio.

President Barack Obama gets a lackluster 49 – 44 percent approval rating in Ohio, considered by many to be the most important swing state in a presidential election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. This is President Obama’s lowest approval rating in any national or statewide Quinnipiac University poll since he was inaugurated and is down from 62 – 31 percent in a May 6 survey.

By a small 48 – 46 percent margin, voters disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. This is down from a 57 – 36 percent approval May 6. A total of 66 percent of Ohio voters are “somewhat dissatisfied” or “very dissatisfied” with the way things are going in the state, while 33 percent are “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied,” numbers that haven’t changed since Obama was elected.

Especially his approval rating on the economy is of immense important; this is the number one issue on voters’ minds. In fact, he won the elections last year because they believed he would do better in this regard than his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain. That is also the reason for the Democrats’ victory in both houses of Congress in 2008. They could not have annihilated the Republican Party if voters rejected their liberal ideals. So, they did the only thing politicians are capable of doing in such a situation: they lied. They presented themselves as pragmatical moderates, while, in fact, they were more liberal than the far majority of the American people.

It has taken voters a couple of months, but they now realize the above as well. The result can be seen in the polls released by Quinnipiac and Rasmussen. Support for both Obama(’s policies) and Democrats in Congress is beginning to collapse.

As I see it, Democrats in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, and Barack Obama in the White House, have given Republicans all the material they need to stage a major comeback next year. The only question is whether they will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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  1. Interested
    July 8th, 2009 at 09:21
    Reply | Quote | #1

    Just wait until the Inflation hits and he raises taxes to pay for the useless bailouts he’s done.

  2. Interested
    July 8th, 2009 at 09:56
    Reply | Quote | #2

    And right on Cue – here comes the Taxocrats.

    The tax would be similar to, yet much smaller than, a surtax proposed in 2007 by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, a person familiar with the committee’s talks said. That plan would have added at least a 4 percent levy on incomes exceeding $200,000, and was projected to reap as much as $832 billion over 10 years.

    Two people familiar with closed-door talks by committee Democrats said a House bill probably will include a surtax on incomes exceeding $250,000, as Congress seeks ways to pay for changes to a health-care system that accounts for almost 18 percent of the U.S. economy. By targeting wealthier Americans, a surtax may hold more appeal for House Democrats than a Senate proposal to tax some employer-provided health benefits.

    Depending where you are – 250k is middle class not upper class. And you just have to admire for the way these things are worded.

    reap as much as

    As if this money does not come out of someone’s pocket.

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