The “president’s polling numbers,” Jim Geraghty reports quoting Quinnipiac:
American voters disapprove 48 – 42 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing and say 50 – 41 percent he does not deserve to be re-elected in 2012, both all-time lows, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Looking more deeply into these numbers, Ed Morrissey “officially” calls “the post-New Year bump in Barack Obama’s job approval ratings finished“:
Quinnipiac’s Peter Brown notes that the post-election bump has entirely dissipated, and puts the blame on Obama’s handling of “the budget deficit, the economy, foreign policy, health care, and energy policy.” That leaves out the Lily Ledbetter Act, of course, as the White House will surely point out in a press release, but otherwise comprises just about every priority issue voters have. It shows in the crosstabs, where Obama only gets a 39/50 job approval among independents.
At the same time Gallup reports that “Obama’s ratings on being a strong and decisive leader are down a total of 21 percentage points since taking office” while only “36% say he has a clear plan for solving the country’s problems”. It won’t help him to back the big-government policies beloved by his party as a poll by the Tarrance group shows that Americans oppose the kinds of policies he has put forward to solve those problems:
“The American worker is also seen as receiving a hit from more regulation, with 59% agreeing that ‘additional federal regulation on businesses put the average American worker at risk of job loss.’ Also, a majority (56%) agree that ‘additional environmental regulation has a negative impact on local communities through tax increases and job loss,’” according to a write up from the pollster.
Americans, the pollster found . .
. . . also believe regulations have an impact on their pocketbook. Nearly three quarters (72%) agree that “additional environmental regulation increases the price of energy for things like gasoline and electricity.” Another 68% agree that “more environmental regulation increases the price of everyday items like food and clothing.”
Seems that the American people understand that liberal regulation, while well-meaning, has a negative impact on the economy.
What leadership? Obama is not leading, hence, his poll numbers reflect this reality on top of the rejection of the Obama Marxist agenda.
The utterly bizarre aspect is that almost half the country (42%) think he’s doing fine! Absolutely incredible…
Re: Regulations
As I’ve said before, why do we have to read through the equivalent of War and Peace to find out how to take our medicine? The bulk of the info I don’t really care about. Further, with the packaging of some medicine, you could die of old age before you can get it open.
Who’re the pinhead (lawyers?) who gave us that crap?
(Continued) I’ll bet it’s the same lame-brained bastards who came up with CD and DVD packaging. By the time you get the movie open, you just don’t care anymore.
“As I’ve said before, why do we have to read through the equivalent of War and Peace to find out how to take our medicine?”
Sorry TGC, I understand for you it may seem like a struggle and reading “War and Peace”–a long book, but quite readable–but it might help if you learned how to read.
I’m with alanstorm – what, exactly, do these 42 percent approve of?
#6: “I’m with alanstorm – what, exactly, do these 42 percent approve of?”
Lithium. Apparently.
Oh I can read. You wrote, at #5, that you’re an asshole.
My point is that there’s a lot of useless BS printed on the packaging and you know it’s true. Imagine what Seasoned Citizens (we’ll pretend you give a rat’s ass) have to go through with that sort of thing. And the instructions are not always printed on the back of the box. Sometimes they’re on the side or end piece.
I suppose, though, that’s one way to eliminate a few budget items under ObamaCareless.
That and SEIU StormTruthers may be dispatched, again, to beat the shit out of Seasoned Citizens.
“Seasoned Citizens”? Thank you, I often forget to consider the experience of seasoned citizens! Grilling while typing, TGC?
Oh look, Brendan is trying to be funny, how cute. It’s kind of like the baby monkeys throwing poo.
Dont’ forget the 3 point font they put those ‘instructions’ in.
Can you imagine if it were a GOP president instead of Dear Man-Child? The press would be airing this “news” at the top of every hour.
Yet, on the state-run PMSNBC network, they believe that “polls are for strippers:”
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2011/03/30/msnbc-contributor-obamas-low-approval-rating-polls-are-strippers
Hypocrisy, thy name is Auntie Dogma – er, I mean liberalism.
Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😉
Regards,
Peter H.
Peter H.,
When Levi was busy selling Obamacare, we could not get away from his latest facts derived from polling. Now, it would appear, polling is no longer taking place. At least not “useful” polling.
Please, no photos of Auntie Dogma on a stripper’s poll. I would never be able to unsee it.
When did Obama become a stripper?
#15 – When Moochelle-my-belle locked up his testicles in that little box she keeps by the bed, right next to her plate of BBQ ribs.
Regards,
Peter H.
Michelle Obama needs to be a contestant of Rupaul’s Drag Race. She’s already half-way there.
#6 and #7
You can get to 30-40% who approve of the boob Obama…
Those educated in the public school system…
add then union households, plus those on the govt dole.
It’s all these people who are asking the other productive Americans to subsidize. And Atlas is close to shrugging.