Posted on 08/05/2011 8:53:09 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
WASHINGTON -- President Obama got a rude awakening on his birthday from the swing state of Florida, where a new poll showed that half of voters don't think he should be re-elected.
By a 50-42 percent margin, voters in the Sunshine State who were questioned after the debt deal was announced don't believe Obama should get a second term, according to the Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday.
In an even bigger jolt on his 50th birthday, the poll of 743 registered voters found Obama in a 44-44 tie with the leading Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Before the debt deal was announced, Obama led Romney 46-41 in the same poll.
In May, the president's prospects in Florida were even better, with a 51 percent approval rating, compared with 43 percent who disapproved of the job he's doing.
And it gets worse among voters in Obama's new age group, those 50 and older, a key voting bloc in Florida.
Among older voters, only 35 percent approved of the job Obama is doing and 60 percent disapproved.
"If his numbers are like this a year from now, he's got a big problem," said Peter Brown, who conducted the poll.
Brown pointed out that Obama's numbers in Florida have gone south in the last two months.
"The debt-ceiling deal is not making any difference in that decline and any bounce he got from the bin Laden operation is long since gone," said Brown.
"The president's drop-off is huge among independent voters who now disapprove almost 2-1."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Smarted thing to see out of this state since the half million vote drubbing of John Kerry by Bush in 2004. 2008 was an aberration here.
Dear Mr. Zero:
Do you like apples?
Well how do you like THEM apples.....?
LOL
EPIC FAIL
Oh how I love it! hehe Obama tried so hard to be seen as as one of the younger crowd, and now....
Let's just say AARP can HAVE him!
Oh stop it, already! Romney -Shomney. Only the MSM talks about him and I haven't heard a peep out of Mr. Mitt in weeks.
For what it is worth, the media is pretty confident that can they can manipulate Romney enough to give Obama the advantage. Is it any surprise how he gets the breaks over all the other GOP hopefuls?
” “The president’s drop-off is huge among independent voters who now disapprove almost 2-1.”
Dear Lord, I hope this is accurate.
brace yourself, the senile old crowd will still vote for obama. They ALWAYS vote democrat and they will find something to justify it.
we needed a change.
give it to him one more time.
four more and then he is done.
my social security is my priority and to hell with everyone else.
we have to be 5 to 1 to overcome the margin of fraud.
No doubt. ACORN & SEIU will be out in full force
” we needed a change.....”
And we GOT it.......national bankruptcy.....THAT”S change.
“...the media is pretty confident that they can manipulate Romney enough to give Obama the advantage.”
Yeah, it is both amusing and frustrating for me to watch the media attempt to pick the GOP candidate for us again.
The thing that bothers me the most is that there are enough idiots out there that still allow the media to manipulate their opinions. We will end up with another RINO candidate if we don’t get are act together. IMHO Mittens is the worst possible candidate for the GOP nomination.
are = our
D’oh!
No COLA increase for S.S. under Obama's watch in 2010 or 2011 and none projected for 2012. The old timers in Florida are well aware of this. Now, if we can just educate them on those tricky ballots and not vote for Obama by accident.
No way.
4 more years of Barry of tthe Zero and the US of A will cease to exist as a going concern.
ditto.
paid by u.s. taxpayers’ borrowed money.
Sooner or later America has got to wake up and realize Obama is using OUR OWN MONEY to DESTROY our country.
Florida news.
Funny, the ONLY THING I’VE SEEN on Florida tv about polls is the low “Rick Scott” poll numbers.
The Hussein-fellating Florida press won’t report their Dear Reader’s numbers.
Florida news.
Funny, the ONLY THING I’VE SEEN on Florida tv about polls is the low “Rick Scott” poll numbers.
The Hussein-fellating Florida press won’t report their Dear Reader’s numbers.
Keep your powder dry until November 7th (or the night of the 6th for fireworks)
I won’t relax until Obama is handed a landslide defeat that makes Jimmy Carter’s look like a close contest.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.