Posted on 11/07/2014 8:04:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Should the reaction here be “that many?” Or “that few?”
Not where Hopenchange expected to be six years into America’s new golden age, I’m guessing.
The amazing thing about that? When people are asked whether they like Obama personally, 59 percent overall still say they like him either a lot or somewhat. Among Democrats, it’s 88 percent. And yet, the only group among the many different demographics here — age, race, party, region, gender, income, you name it — that shows a majority wishing Obama could run again is black voters at 64 percent. No other group reaches 40. For a guy who won two landslides and who’s favorable rating is durably healthy, that strikes me as a surprisingly low number.
But there’s an obvious explanation, isn’t there?
Granted, that’s the word cloud for people who view him unfavorably, but if incompetence looms that large for them, it must be in the mix even for people who still say they like O personally. His job disapproval, in fact, is nearly the mirror image of his favorable rating — fully 58 percent either somewhat or strongly disapprove versus just 38 percent who approve. (Democrats, liberals, and blacks are the only demographic groups showing majority approval.) The public wants him to succeed; there’s just not enough “there” there to say that he has.
The good news for Democrats, though, is that Obama’s loss is Hillary’s gain. The more disaffected Dems feel from Hopenchange, the more they’ll start turning to Clinton as the de facto leader of the party. And the nice thing about that, since she doesn’t hold office, is that there’s no way for her to disappoint them (yet). Every time O fails, they can assure themselves that Hillary would have made the right call. Logically, then, I’d expect excitement for her be sky high compared to O. And yet:
Only a very slight preference for Hillary overall, and among Democrats, it’s Obama who’s slightly preferred. Black voters, who prefer O to Hillary 61/20, are probably the difference-makers there, and of course they’ll vote overwhelmingly for her in 2016 over whoever the GOP nominates (sorry, Rand). The worry here for Hillaryworld isn’t that she’s going to lose the black vote, it’s that blacks may prefer Obama to her so sharply that they simply won’t turn out for her in the numbers that they did for O. That’s a Democratic nightmare waiting to happen, a potentially decisive blow if the election is close. And the worst part for lefties, given how badly Obama himself failed to turn out black voters to try to stop Tuesday’s GOP wave, is that even the endorsement of The One himself in 2016 might not boost turnout for her to the levels he saw. That’s a key subplot of the next election. This is one of many data points to come.
Frankly, I’m amazed it’s even 39%. I’d have expected 10% or so.
I remember some polls during the 2000 election season, in which Bill Clinton was still popular enough to have won a 3rd term. Interesting academic exercise that so many Dems. still believe in Obama though.
39% of 39% is pretty low.................................
39% probably think he can run again.
You can’t cure stupid.
Stuck on stupid is not a good way to proceed through life.
When the Berlin Wall fell the communists there didn’t disappear into thin air. Our communists didn’t disappear either.
Allegiance to the tribe overrides any and all common sense.
39% probably want him to be King. 39% probably want him to be their boyfriend (and that’s both men and women Libs).
39% of democrats can’t find their way in out of the dark!
I want to see a poll that asks two things...
1) should the republicans impeach obastard if he does exec amnesty?
2) if you answered yes to Q1, should they convict and remove?
Notice the party breakdown—only 25% of those polled were Republicans, against 37.5% Democrats.
Does that mean that 61% of DEMS don’t?
We passed term-limits in my town, and you should hear the libs explode in rage over losing the ability to entrench their fellow Marxists.
So this is fairly accurate that hard-leftists would love nothing more than to keep these screw-bats in power for life if they could pull it off.
Haha. At this point, I think I’d feel ok if he was on the ballot again.
Translation: Even if the country crashed down in scorching cinders, my (gov’t employee) raise would be better from a liberal democrat. Right up there with Tom Hanks wishing for a 3rd term of communist cancer.
After the dismal, incorrect, biased, “Obamabot” polling of the 2014 election cycle...I believe no poll at all any more!!!
Impeachment is a waste of time. He should be arrested for treason (or at the very least, 2nd degree murder or manslaughter), tried, and administered the proper punishment.
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