Jul 21, 2011 2:11 PM GMT
For those who refuse to read from the Weekly Standard, link to polling source below
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/uh-oh-new-polls-spell-trouble-obama_577191.html
For the first time since last July Barack Obama does not lead Mitt Romney in PPP's monthly national poll on the 2012 Presidential race. Romney has now pulled into a tie with the President at 45%.
Obama's approval rating this month is 46% with 48% of voters disapproving of him. There are 2 things particularly troubling in his numbers: independents split against him by a 44/49 margin, and 16% of Democrats are unhappy with the job he's doing while only 10% of Republicans give him good marks. Republicans dislike him at this point to a greater extent than Democrats like him and that will be a problem for him moving forward if it persists.
Romney takes advantage of those 2 points of weakness for Obama. He leads the President by 9 points with independents at 46-37. And he earns more crossover support, getting 13% of the Democratic vote while only 8% of Republicans are behind Obama.
And PPP isn't alone. Obama's been at 42 percent approval in the last couple of measures of Gallup's rolling average with 50 and 48 percent disapproval.
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http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/07/obama-in-perilous-shape.html
...So if you dig deeper into the numbers Obama's position is a lot worse than meets the eye. There's a very good chance Obama would lose if he had to stand for reelection today....
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/uh-oh-new-polls-spell-trouble-obama_577191.html
For the first time since last July Barack Obama does not lead Mitt Romney in PPP's monthly national poll on the 2012 Presidential race. Romney has now pulled into a tie with the President at 45%.
Obama's approval rating this month is 46% with 48% of voters disapproving of him. There are 2 things particularly troubling in his numbers: independents split against him by a 44/49 margin, and 16% of Democrats are unhappy with the job he's doing while only 10% of Republicans give him good marks. Republicans dislike him at this point to a greater extent than Democrats like him and that will be a problem for him moving forward if it persists.
Romney takes advantage of those 2 points of weakness for Obama. He leads the President by 9 points with independents at 46-37. And he earns more crossover support, getting 13% of the Democratic vote while only 8% of Republicans are behind Obama.
And PPP isn't alone. Obama's been at 42 percent approval in the last couple of measures of Gallup's rolling average with 50 and 48 percent disapproval.
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http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/07/obama-in-perilous-shape.html
...So if you dig deeper into the numbers Obama's position is a lot worse than meets the eye. There's a very good chance Obama would lose if he had to stand for reelection today....