Posted Jul 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM by Maurice Berger
In what could spell serious trouble for the President's reelection effort next year, A new Pew Research survey reports that the GOP has made significant gains among white voters in the three years since Barack Obama was elected president. In 2008, the Republicans could claim a 2% lead among whites--46% to 44%. Today, that lead has expanded to a whopping +13% lead today, 52% to 39%. To put these numbers in perspective, Obama won the 2008 race with only 43% of the white vote. Any significant diminution of that number would greatly hamper his reelection effort.
Tagged: Election 2012, 2011, Democratic Party, partisan identification, Republican Party, white voters
Posted Jul 15, 2010 at 9:19 AM by Maurice Berger
According to several polls, President Obama is passing through a rough patch vis-a-vis public opinion about his performance in office. Public
Policy Polling survey reports that President Obama's approval rating has dropped to a
new low: Now, 45% of voters approve of the job he's
doing; 52% disapprove. PPP continues: "The two most troublesome things for Obama in his numbers at
this point are his standing among white voters and independents. Whites
now disapprove of Obama by nearly a 2:1 margin, with 62% giving him bad
marks and only 35% saying he's doing a good job. With independents his
approval is just 40% and 56% disapprove of his performance." Another poll by Bloomberg reports that Americans disapprove of President Obama's handling "of almost every
major issue and are deeply pessimistic about the nation's direction,
offering a bullish environment for Republicans in the November
congressional elections . . . . A majority or plurality disapproves of Obama's management of the
economy, health care, the budget deficit, the overhaul of financial
market regulations and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition,
almost 6 in 10 respondents say the war in
Afghanistan is a lost cause."
Tagged: 2010, presidential approval ratings, President Barack Obama, Independent Voters, white voters
