Independents Move Away From Obama is Accelerating

IBD/The Lid ^ | 10/13/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

For any candidate, independents are the most important voters. In most cases they are the difference between winning and losing. This was especially true in the last presidential campaign. Independents went for Obama in a huge way, and they were one of the keys to his victory.

Independent voters are abandoning the President faster than people driving out of town just before a hurricane hits.

According to the IBD/TIPP poll since February support for the President among independents has dropped from 73% to 45%. And even worse for the POTUS, the President has lost independent support on the Economy, Health Care, The Federal Budget, and Foreign, Policy:

[ExTexasRedhead]

We have friends that were lifelong DemoRATs who just changed their voter affiliation to Independent. They’re in OHIO!

[wny]

Of course this is good....but theses are the same ignorant, clueless independents that elected this fraud. It’s like pissing on your own cornflakes.

[ElayneJ]

So why is obama’s approval rating still at -6 or -7? With indies moving away, it should be much lower, right?

[gimme1ibertee]

Slowly but surely,the tide is turning.

[gunnut]

The -6 refers to the difference between strongly approve and strongly disapprove. Most of these folks are probably in the somewhat disapprove which is not picked up in the daily tracking poll that you are referring to.

[Logic n' Reason]

"Independents" are also moving away from the spineless, weak-knee-ed, spin prone, cowardly, clueless, leaderless, boring, stale, empty-headed, mentally bankrupt, old, submissive, and thoroughly disgusting Rino party.....as well they (and all Conservatives and/or conservative leaning Americans) should.

The question is: toward where or whom should they move?

[ElayneJ]

That could be. I’m watching the poll shift from double digits to single, and back, and it seems that if more people are jumping off the bandwagon the number should be moving negative much more quickly. But you’re right - it’s probably the tepid disapproval for the independents now.

[halo66]

SCREW these Independents...I am so sick of wishy washy types that can't make up their minds! Now they have seen what their vote has done to this country???? They can kiss my a$$!