Posted on 02/08/2012 8:06:51 AM PST by jmaroneps37
Gallup Polling Company is caught between what its thousands of interviews say about Barack Obama’s reelection chances and what it longs for the facts to be.
They do their best to hide the truth with suspiciously timed releases and obfuscating language. Nevertheless, embedded in its latest report on voter attitudes, Gallup’s delivers more bad news for Obama.
Try as it did to put a happy face on the dangerously low level of “satisfaction” in the electorate, Gallup can’t do much with a 22% rate. Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Ronald Reagan all had more than 41% rates on their way to reelection, but George H.W. Bush was at 22% in 1992 when he lost to Clinton.
Voters’ sentiment on the economy shows more weakness for Obama with 56% saying it is getting worse while just 38% see it getting better. This -25 in Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index compares too favorably to Bush senior’s -31 during June of 1992 to provide any real encouragement for Obama.
Gallup’s attempt to talk up the improvement in the unemployment rate as reported last week (8.3%) runs into a serious problem since for the least two years Gallup has been saying the real rate (8.6%) is higher than being reported. When the underemployed numbers (18.7%) are included things get still worse for Obama.
The current 71% of Americans with economic matters on their minds is reminiscent of Bush senior’s ill-fated reelection campaign 20 years ago. Rasmussen’s numbers
The Rasmussen Report shows us the sour attitudes of “uncommitted” voters which carries a subsurface problem not being focused on by many analysts. The sample is small (only 12%) but the trend is clear: just 20% of these likely voters approve of Obama’s job performance...
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Thank you for this much needed information.
Obama’s Achilles heel:
This time he has a documented track record.
I’m starting to sense that we are going to see the true meaning of “silent majority” in November. Right now, Americans are walking softly and carrying a big stick. The “silent majority” is a ticking time bomb.
I think it could go either way at this point. There’s a political eternity between now and then and there’s still the matter of the battle ground states. We’re gonna have to fight. This won’t just be handed to us.
Remember, this is the same media that told us the TeaParty were a bunch of radicals, while OWStreet were thoughtful, concerned patriots...
obama is in such good shape that he’s having to resort to selling scarves and lunch boxes by lib designers. His donations are falling short which is why he is having to rely on Super PACS.
obama is in deep, very deep doo doo. As he should be.
Housing pricing have not recovered.
Real (inflation-adjusted) incomes are down.
Food and energy costs continue to rise, eating away at purchasing power.
Unemployment is much higher than reported.
Many people with jobs are afraid they may lose their job because of the weak economy. Consequently, they are foregoing luxuries and economizing.
In essence, the American Dream of a better life has been replaced by the new American Reality of holding on till things improve or patching together a new life with lower economic expectations.
Bad stuff. If the media were honest, these stories would be on page one.
The mid-october Iran attack should change the math for the president.
The mid-october Iran attack should change the math for the president.
The mid-october Iran attack should change the math for the president.
Barry will hire another 100,000 Federal workers to pad the unemployment figures.
The Fed will lower interest rates to .06%, and everybody will just be ecstatic.
And finally, Barry will order the USAF to drop $10 bills on "urban" areas.
Not to worry, the Ministry of Truth will rewrite all the facts to support the Kenyan Muslim Immaculate Man-child, and the proles will believe it all. At least, before they turn the channel back to American Idol...
The “Media” is in another dimension...They will say or do anything for their boy...
And socialism.
George H.W. Bush was at 22% in 1992 when he lost to Clinton. ....factually, that may be correct. But, the reason he lost to Clinton was because Perot split the Republican vote.
IMHO, his approval rating had little to do with it.
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