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*39 Percent Isn't A Majority: *Which should worry the Obama
administration
<http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/05/confidence_impr.php>,
but doesn't seem to.
Voters have lost faith in Obama to craft solutions to the country's
economic challenges. Just 39% say they trust Obama more than GOPers
in Congress, while 32% say they believe the GOP has the right ideas.
That 7-point gap is down from a 29-point Obama advantage in the
April '09 poll.
Only 39% of voters said they would vote to re-elect Pres. Obama if
the election were held today, while 50% say they would vote for
someone else. A quarter of voters would definitely vote to
re-elect Obama, while 37% would definitely vote for someone else.
Any president would be in trouble with the public with this level of
unemployment. It may be unfair to blame our presidents for business
cycles, but many of us do.
But I think that Obama is suffering with the public for other reasons,
too. As do professional pollsters Rasmussen and Schoen
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574525543109875438.html>.
They were writing last year, but their analysis applies today.
(I do think that Obama and his political team have a plan for 2012, and
I'll be speculating about it soon. Hint: I think dislikes Gordon
Brown, but will follow the strategy Brown used in recent years.)
- 1:23 PM, 7 May 2010 [link]
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