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The hills and valleys of California (image: USGS)
Even in reliably blue California the bad economy helped drag President Obama’s job approval numbers below the 50 percent mark. According to Field Poll [PDF], currently only 46 percent of California voters approve of how Obama his handling his job as president while 44 disapprove. This represents an eight point drop in his job approval rating since three months ago, and it’s Obama’s lowest rating in the state to date.
The drop in approval for Obama came mostly from Democrats as well as those who don’t identify with the two major parties, mainly because Obama’s job approval ratings among Republicans were all ready so low there wasn’t much room for it to fdrop lower. In the past few months Obama’s job approval number among Democrats dropped by 10 points from 79 percent in June to 69 percent now. The erosion in support among “non-partisans/others” was even greater, dropping 13 points, from 58 percent in June to only 45 percent now.
The big problem for Obama is the poor shape of the economy and our almost non-existent economic growth. As a result, his job approval on the economy is a terrible 40 percent approve – 56 percent disapprove.
The mildly positive news for Obama is that he is still personally liked, 55 percent of voters still hold a favorable view of him personally. This would imply if the economy improves, his job approval numbers could bounce back easily.
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Big if.
If Obama actually believed in and lived the rhetoric of his campaign, it wouldn’t matter how crappy the economy was, his numbers would be strong. I think his abysmal approvals have more to do with a weak spine than a weak economy.
I agree. People will stick with a prez when they believe he is trying his best even through bad times. Obama is not even trying.
Not really. The economy is going to stay in the toilet because Obama is owned by the banks and pwned by the Republicans. He’s already gone from “pass this bill“, to “if the Republicans only passed parts of it, of course I’d sign it”.
Jellyfish.
Time to fire your political tea O there is no scenario where you win reelection but lose California. If your fighting a close race in California your losing swing states. California’s TV ad market is expensive a fight there will drain funds that could win you swing states.
I guess your jobs plan didn’t give you any bounce?
I like a President that I can imagine having a beer with. You know. A guy that can have me extraordinarily rendered with a big cheesy smile on his face. Count me among the 55 percent that personally like the corporate tool.
I personally like Obama, Tim Fucking-Fuckety-Fuck Geithner, Jeff Immelt and Jamie Dimon about the same. All are my imaginary good buddies.
Obama’s only hope is the GOPers with Spines scare Moderate Voters enough thats a big if.
Granted they are racist, Gay, women hating types but they will run against Obama’s economy and his lack of leadership.
Mitt on his record, Perry with Hispanicscan’t win Tea Bagger votes so far as I know neither has wowed a crowd of Tea Baggers like Michelle, Sarah or Ron. Mitt share’s Obama’s problem lack of spine, lack of caring for the unemployed, belief in a throughly discredited Wallstreet.
This election is not about hope its who the voters see as the lesser of two evils. Or if Michelle, Sarah or Ron get on the ticket it becomes a choice of will enough voters pick evil if they think it will benefit them
Suggested theme music: Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers.
A lesser of 2 evils election is a low turnout election normally except that voters are pissed. A chose Evil vs lesser of two evils candidate is a numbers game can the chose evil minority win in a high interest election when other candidate has no support and votes for him are really votes against Evil?
The election will be interesting from a polling viewpoint but not an issues viewpoint. Unless your an FDLer who like digging in the weeds and exposing lies.
This election will be a record for lies and probably hate.
California is not Iowa many of Obama’s supporters in California are from minority groups who normallt don’t vote much.
If Mitt is at the top of the ticket the Corporate GOP will flood Mitt with money and he will flod California with TV ads.
Obama’s win in Iowa showed an African American man with a message voters liked can win even in majority White states it showed America is not as racist as I thought I was proud of America.
Obama’s polls now shows that a Dem with a message of Surrender can lose even California.
When do the Democratic “powers that be” go to Obama and tell him he’s done?
Think LBJ in 1968 or Nixon in 1974.
It’s been done before.
Will the national party let this guy drag the whole party off the cliff?
Apparently, yes.
Why is there no primary challenger?
Because Democrats are terrible politicians?
Apparently, yes.
The Dem powers that be want to keep African American votes they think a primary challenge to Obama will doom the party. But given African American employment numbers that scenario grows less and less likely.
Of course they do!
What makes them think that African Americans will show up to vote this time around? It’s not like O has made their lives any better.
Reality check is needed.
Agreed what makes them think that:)
I don’t understand what makes O personally likable. I took an instant dislike to him personally, but that’s just me. Since then, he’s been a cold fish with a sullen, dispirited demeanor, who can barely work himself up for speechifying. What’s left to like?
If our choice is Obama or Perry or don’t vote at all (or vote 3rd party, same thing) what to do?
How many Supreme Court nominees will the 2012 Prez winner make?
It may come down to that when I decide what to do.
What amazes me is that virtually any member of the national government at this point would see an article about his/her approval rating including a number like “50%” as relevant, or even the idea of “approval”.
Barry was a well placed trojan horse for the repugs , just as the baggers were.
There’s nothing worse than a lying traitor (B.O) selling you out from the inside.
Barry has destroyed the Dem party completely. As was his appointed job from the repugs.
and he’s not done with you yet. He has plently more damage to do before 2012
USA mindset – House of fools
When you have something intelligent to say, please let us know…
He is still smarter than any GOPer running for President now but he’s a surrender puppet then again whats the difference between O and the GOP on the issues? We are less scared of O than the GOPers Obama is not likable his appeal is the lesser of 2 evils.
Still choosing the lesser of 2 evils is evil I think that should be an FDL bumper sticker.
My advice vote third party even if they can’t win.
Not sure I can find anything wrong with the statement
good luck with that. Floridians voting for Nader really helped a lot…
Your country’s actions speak loud enough for me. How about you (smart guy) tell me how you go from Barry’s campaign lies to “bankers are us”. The killing the usa has done all over the world with american’s personal tax money, Not corporation taxes because they PAY NOTHING.
YOUR money supports all that has passed.
as your schools are closed and your old and sick are left to die.
What say you , smart guy.
carrion:
KMA
That’s all ya got? Maybe you don’t really care anymore. I mean, you’re done, no going back up the slippery slope.
“it showed America is not as racist as I thought I was proud of America”
I think that everyone agrees with that sentiment. I live in Virginia where the President won, but so did Doug Wilder a couple of years back. The percentage of black residents in our state is just below 20%, so it took a lot of white voters to elect both of them.
KMA? Didn’t that guy get waterboarded 598 times by your goverment of the people? lol
but of course you can crawl back into your hole.
bye now.
Mitch McConnell’s work is almost complete.
And the sheep slept on….
Something you poor people won’t look at, but I feel compelled to post regardless. It actually sucks that so many otherwise seemingly intelligent people get addicted to the whoreish lies and shameless propaganda of the political left (organized crime bitchez).
And yes, it is. (inside…You of course already know that).
Pretty hilarious that you monsters are going down on the hubris/arrogance thing.
Fitting. You won’t look at this (no balls) but I will put it up anyway. A very few of you occasionally show signs of viable human thought/ action.
I believe its worth 10 minutes at retard school to fish for you maybe couple of real people.
Sorry for the good manners if you know the deal. Others please consider the forces involved and have mercy for these people? http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/dear-ben-please-make-us-trillionaires
There will not be an intelligent response.
Hopefully their will be an intelligence awakening?
not going to happen is it. This is being done with malice of forethought. I could name the perps…..But methinks no one would listen.
Popcorn anyone..enjoy the show it is going to be deadly
Gov. Rick “hair-brained” Perry claimed that the government has never created a job, never, not ever, ever, ever.
Rebuttal:
Private contractors. Paid for with U.S. taxpayer money. Hundreds of thousands of government-funded private contractor jobs were created by the previous Bush administration. Iraq. Afghanistan. Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Countless government-funded private contractor pork projects awarded by Republicans to Republicans while they controlled Congress during the Bush years. After 9/11, the Bush administration awarded countless classified contracts to private INTEL-related companies, generating countless classified private contractor jobs.
A simple, fact-based, truthful rebuttal to Perry’s outrageous lie.
And now President Obama and Democrats want to spend some U.S. taxpayer money here in the U.S. on infrastructure projects, much of this money going to private contractor construction companies, many of them probably Republican owned and operated, creating hard-hat jobs, saving hard-hat jobs, directly or indirectly (in spin-off private sector jobs),but today’s crazed Tea Party Republicans are against this, as they are against anything that might help our country…now. But why? Because their outrageous propaganda campaign against America and sanity is working so well, with normally sensible people believing pure crap.
How many Californians believe Perry and believe this Republican crap?
Perhaps you would do a solid and crawl back into yours. And perhaps while you’re at it you might also KYOA. Who the hell are you to tell anyone what to think or say here…
Actually, the dude’s spot on, Obama is a tool of the 1% elite who own and operate Wall St, banking, Congress, Judiciary, WH, MIC, and more.
Dude was all over it. Don’t know what part of corporate fascist oligarchy yer missin, but Obama is their main man.
I have NO clue who yer talking to, or about, or what yer even saying other than it sounds mean and spiteful.
But I loved that link to the post about BEN printing more money. Very funny stuff, n snarky kewl IMHO.
My advice is to pay no more attention to Obama and put everything into elections for the Congress. We’ve learned that the power really lies here and if we don’t take back the House and hold the Senate and get some Governorships back the whole ship is sunk.
Obama has a year to prove himself and the more we ignore him the better. I’d pull inspiration from Wisc. Ohio and other states fighting back from the Republican Onslaught.
WTF? That has got to be one of the oddest posts… I’d happily take you to task, but I cant figure out what the hell you’re talking about. Clarify yourself and lets get it on. Monsters? Oh my!
Ditto. I haven’t been able to decide whether people in general are bad judges of character, easily deluded, or just want to be part of a crowd.
im not sure if obama is an irrelevant incompetent, or an incompetent irelevancy. im pretty sure that his reelction would be the worst of several possible really bad outcomes in 2012, for the American People.
thats a link to your pay-porno site isnt it? your multilevel marketing pitch? a chinese mail order couterfeit goods operation?
everything carrion said was true, whether or not you approve of the tone.
If Obama did not run who would? Baccus,Cooper,Bayh, all goood corporate shills maybe we could get a real progressive like Feinstein too run. (snark) dont know if i should laugh or cry