Fox News poll: Only 43% would vote to reelect Obama
posted at 7:33 pm on October 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
Don’t get too excited about his numbers. Peter Beinart’s right that presidents are usually rock solid for reelection if the economy’s improving on Election Day and The One still has plenty of time to make that happen.
But he surely doesn’t want to have to start from here:
His best issue right now is Iran? Good lord. Meanwhile, his overall approval rating’s a scant +4 this month, the lowest yet recorded by FNC, but that’s less interesting than the polling on ObamaCare. The sample this time included more Republicans than the one Fox used last month when it got a slew of disastrous feedback on health care, so no surprise that some of the numbers this month have gotten even worse. Still, the split among indies on health care in the question asked above was … 36/53. More:
That last question broke 46/37 last month; the spread’s actually growing as we get further into this clusterfark. Which probably isn’t enough to stop it, but enough to generate a GOP wave next year? Yeah, maybe. Especially if they go nuclear.
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And now for a musical interlude from ABBA!
Take it away…
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 7:35 PM
His polls will turn around once he’s awarded the World Series.
Chuck Schick on October 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Enox: something to do with a French person?
clorensen on October 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Extremely optimistic poll…
IntheNet on October 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Only 43%?
publiuspen on October 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
goin down in flames
flyoverboy on October 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Did you see the TN election?
Weight of Glory on October 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
also his polls will go up when he is awarded the win in “dancing with the stars”
grapeknutz on October 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Ah man, is there any market for used TEE shirts?
tarpon on October 15, 2009 at 7:38 PM
has it ever occurred to you if the economy is improving people would feel comfortable dropping the pilot?
rob verdi on October 15, 2009 at 7:38 PM
I say we have a re-vote.
katy on October 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
The sad part of it is……….that 43% would still re-elect this guy.
True, if things are arcing upward on Election Day 2012 then he is sitting pretty good. But, I don’t know if the economy can recover enough in 3 years time with all that’s going on.
JoeinTX on October 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Pissed that he beat me off to the buckeweat fair champ.
clorensen on October 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Wait till he wins an Oscar.
NeoKong on October 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM
And that number is only going to drop with no end to double digit unemployment in sight.
The only hope for this to change is for 0bama to change his ways and actually do something that works. Not going to happen.
wildcat84 on October 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM
No. What happened?
lorien1973 on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Yes, the Mexicans working at the meat packing facility in my town
buy all my used tee-shirts at our annual garage sale.
They purchase the shirts that Americans just won’t wear anymore.
elderberry on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Fox ‘News’ Poll. All you have to know…
simplesimon on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
So much inuendo, so little time.
lorien1973 on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Actually it should be 34%,not 43%!!
canopfor on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Just wait til the bill comes due, and we have to pay for all their spending. There will be hell to pay for this crap!!!
capejasmine on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
If he gets 0bamacare, Cap and Tax, and VAT, people are going to look back at 2009 as a booming economy compared to what 2012 will look like.
The only way Zero gets re-elected under those circumstances is to run it Iranian style.
wildcat84 on October 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM
TN is racist, don’tcha know.
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM
I really want Christie to hang on in NJ. Not because I have any personal attachment to the state, but I think that would have to shut down any chance for the left to bring blue dogs in the fold on just about anything. I understand Corzine is a disaster, but a republican winning there legitimizes these polls in a huge way.
stldave on October 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Soon,the insurrection begins,of pissed off ObamaVoterBots!!
canopfor on October 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Straight up racist poll.
The Ugly American on October 15, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Fox ‘News’ Poll. All you have to know…
simplesimon on October 15, 2009 at 7:42 PM
simplesimon: Theres an error,its really 34 percent!
canopfor on October 15, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Bah! Its FOX NEWS! They probably didn’t even give the Patriot/Taliban/Democratic Party a 20 point advantage. Ask a reputable source like the New York Times, CBS, or NBC if you want to be taken seriously.
El_Terrible on October 15, 2009 at 7:46 PM
What policy will inspire economic growth in the future.
Therein lies your answer.
lorien1973 on October 15, 2009 at 7:48 PM
It’s not going to get better.
Nothing he and Congress are doing historically has helped grow private sectors jobs. Unemployment for continuing claims will run out by the spring of 2010 for millions of job seekers.
This is also assuming that nothing bad happens in foreign policy that can be hung on them.
They know they’re screwed that why the rush to pass these socialist disasters. The canary the coalmine will be a VA win and a win or close loss in NJ.
jjshaka on October 15, 2009 at 7:49 PM
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Sure! After doing everything in his power to destroy it over the first three years, anything in the 4th year will be an improvement.
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on October 15, 2009 at 7:49 PM
*cough*
The Ugly American on October 15, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Weight of Glory on October 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM
So, the House is sure this bill will pass their chamber. I can’t imagine why. I can see it now:
House to Senate: You first!
Senate to House: No, you first!
SouthernGent on October 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM
More like a tsunami!
farright on October 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Bull effin sh!te, you @$$
ladyingray on October 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM
If we can get control of the house in 2010, we can impede that traitor to this country.
csdeven on October 15, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Didn’t help H W Bush. The economy was already improving in ’92, but it was far too late by then. The rule of thumb is that the economy has to be already established on an upswing for at least 12 months before an election in order for re-election to take place.
For Obama, he is already toast. Things will get worse in the near future, and in 3 years, things will have been so bad for so long, that he will have no chance. Dick Cheney would beat him in 2012 simply because he is not Obama.
keep the change on October 15, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Who are these dumb masses that would vote for the Black Hole again? Pray for them/us.
DougDavis on October 15, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I don’t get why his numbers aren’t lower than they are. Obama is such a liar. And has so many radicals running his government. This isn’t America! Why aren’t his numbers at 5% approval.
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 7:55 PM
…
I was being sarcastic. Do I need to go back to putting my /sarcasm tag?
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 7:56 PM
That was also due to helpful framing by the media and Bush’s “no new taxes” screw job.
I think Obama will win in 2012, mainly because I think it’s near impossible to get rid of a sitting president unless he’s totally incompetent. Obama’s a socialist, but he knows his audience. And that counts for a lot.
lorien1973 on October 15, 2009 at 7:56 PM
The GOP doesn’t have any great candidates that I can see. And I think who Republicans nominate will be important. Unless the GOP can get its crap together than I think Obama will be re-elected.
terryannonline on October 15, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Wait till he wins at the MTV Music Video Awards.
pilamaye on October 15, 2009 at 7:56 PM
No way. We need more women talkin’ dirty on this site.
lorien1973 on October 15, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Here’s more:
Note the bolded parts. This means that the strategy of “Blue Dog” no longer sells. Obama is going to be poison for all dems, especially Blue Dogs. This Dem. even got the “pro-life” endorsement, and his party identity was still enough to sink him. 2010 may be a political slaughter.
Weight of Glory on October 15, 2009 at 7:57 PM
A Faux News poll on Obama has as much credibility as an MSNBC poll on Bush or any other christian soldier.
Good4Onan on October 15, 2009 at 7:57 PM
lol. Then YOU make comments to make them cuss at you.
I’m sensitive. :(
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Because 25% of the country is socialist/progressive. So his sins are a feature, not a bug. 18% are moderate/apathetic, so they either forgive him his sins, or they haven’t caught on yet, or they still watch CNN.
keep the change on October 15, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Still too many gullible libs out there.
It should be 4.3 percent, with a 5-percent margin of error.
MrScribbler on October 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM
That depends…where in Tennessee do you reside?
ladyingray on October 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Yeah, except that there is not single policy that he’s pushing that will do anything but tank the economy even further and faster. And, as much of the damage is psychological as it is actual. People know he’s a tax and spender…and when the unavoidable taxes do hit…oh boy! I’m thinking double-dip with a 10 year recovery cycle.
AUINSC on October 15, 2009 at 8:01 PM
>.>
The part of Tennessee called Florida. It’s a small town.
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I’d say obama qualifies. But incompetent doesn’t matter. It’s the economy, stupid. People vote with their economic concerns.
keep the change on October 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
If they get politically weak enough that they haven’t crammed anything additional through, and people get the sense they won’t be able to in the future then it can get better. In the sense that it is better than it is now. I think right now a HUGE amount of government interference is being baked into the cake. Maybe less than there was a few months ago due to cratering poll numbers, but still I think most people expect an unprecedented amount. This is, in my view, a large reason why few businesses are not sticking their necks out and trying to grow. Everything is about reducing costs still. They know they are not out of the woods yeat. If the regulators aren’t after their line of business yet, they still could be soon. Financials are done for. Manufacturing is in uncle sugars hands for the short to medium term, at best. Health industry is fighting the battle of its life. If you’re not a taget now, you can still see a way you could be. Still best to be safe.
That starts to change if 2010 is a rout. If Obama and the libs become viewed as safely politically weak, then it is a possibility business can start to attempt to grow again. If that happens, then Obama will be trying to spin things his way (for the 2/3rd that don’t pay attention) by 2012.
stldave on October 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
……Dateline, October 15, 2009…..43% of voters still drinking the koolaid.
HornetSting on October 15, 2009 at 8:02 PM
500 billion in Medicare cuts has to be the worst political move since ruDy’s Florida strategy.
In fact, I’d say that their plan to anger the senior voters is probably the worst political move I’ve ever seen. If they pass this, it will be the end of them.
500 Billion in Medicare cuts (to pay for health care for young people who don’t need it).
These people are brilliant. They need a raise (of other people’s money of course).
ThackerAgency on October 15, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Perhaps Obama needs a missing in action story like the one that stooped the media today. Ooops, according to the generals in the theater, he is MIA.
Rovin on October 15, 2009 at 8:03 PM
OK, so did everyone read my must read new blog post??? Shall not be Infringed…
doriangrey on October 15, 2009 at 8:03 PM
That’s good for Tennessee, but what good does it do us?
lovingmyUSA on October 15, 2009 at 8:03 PM
43% worked for the Clenis in 1992. All he had to do was make sure Perot would be there to split the Republican vote.
Gryphs third rule of politics: Third parties NEVER split liberal voting blocks.
gryphon202 on October 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM
You know Obama is worried, and it’s very early in his Presidency. He’s trying to frantically find a way–ANYWAY–to create jobs.
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Goracle called, he wants a word with you.
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 8:05 PM
they get 40% percentile..we get 50%+ percentile. that is still without all the RINOs
hawkman on October 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Look at the opinions of independents.
Democrat and Republican opinions are foregone conclusions. Look at the (I) folk to see where things really are going.
kurtzz3 on October 15, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Hahahaha…Well, whatever he is doing ‘create’ jobs is the best kept secret in the country right now. All of his policies that we can see, thus far, destroy jobs.
AUINSC on October 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
No, he isn’t. What he’s doing is looking for more ways to hand out welfare. Such as this sop to the seniors with the $250 social security bonus.
The only way that the government can stimulate job creation is to get out of the way. This would require slashing taxes and regulation. That is so antithetical to 0bama as to be like showing Dracula the Cross.
Not going to happen.
Plus, what 0bama IS doing, with his massive spending, regulating, taking over whole industries, etc, is only making the natural recovery far FAR slower and weaker than it would have been. If NOTHING had been done the recession would have been over by now.
What’s worse, when the economy DOES get stronger, the poison of the hyperspending will trigger hyperinflation. Which is even worse for 0bama than sustained 10% unemployment.
Think it’s bad now? By 2012 it will be worse.
wildcat84 on October 15, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Driving home today, I saw a car with an Obama bumper sticker carefully scotch taped to the rear window of a vehicle. That got me to wondering if the driver (your typical snotty twenty-something) was tentative in his support hence the tape instead of actually affixing it to his vehicle or if he was just your typical metrosexual liberal who is incapable of committing to anything except his spa days and subscription to GQ.
highhopes on October 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM
That’s what I thought. There’s still a great percentage of ignorance floating around out there in the population. Pretty scary.
RedbonePro on October 15, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I pick door number two, hopes.
HornetSting on October 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
That’s the problem. As Rush said, he’s trying every way to create jobs but the right way. Liberal policies do not create jobs, they destroy them.
Here’s the article, btw, on him trying to find ANY WAY to make jobs.
Enoxo on October 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
By that time there will be no illegal aliens in the country just “new friends” who are rushed through the process of getting registered to vote by SEIU and ACORN.
highhopes on October 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Once Obama wins the Heisman trophy his polls will skyrocket.
johnnybgood on October 15, 2009 at 8:13 PM
It will be interesting to see how Americans react if Obamacare is passed in spite of the overwhelming opposition of the people.
GaltBlvnAtty on October 15, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Wait untill the bad actors on the world stage start slapping him around.
43% in the polls will seem like a luxury.
1921 C DRUM on October 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I bet that 43 percent get their news from the 3 basic networks and local papers. Wool over eyes complete.
Greed on October 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Zero stickers have become a rare sight around here these days, and I work in a college town. 6 months ago I saw them everywhere.
They are a handy thing though on the highway though, I’ve noticed they tend to be on the cars of distracted and irresponsible drivers. They might actually save lives since they serve as a “dangerous driver” warning label.
wildcat84 on October 15, 2009 at 8:17 PM
It’s funny, even here, I won’t DARE put a conservative sticker on my car for fear of it getting keyed or worse. But, I do where anti-obama shirts. If they want to say something, bring it. I’ll be happy to tell them they are dumb as dirt.
Sorry dirt.
HornetSting on October 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Bah…there’s no way in hell that a Republican could ever win with 43% of the popular vote. NEVER. In Bush’s case, although he technically won with a plurality, it was a statistically insignificant plurality.
Gore still got *just barely* over 50% of the vote. Like 50.001% or something like that (and yes, I’m pulling that figure out of my tuchus). 2000 was an abberration, and Gryph’s third rule still stands.
gryphon202 on October 15, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Obama’s future popularity % has a higher molecular density than pB. Sink baby, sink.
viviliberoomuori on October 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
It’s funny, even here, I won’t DARE put a conservative sticker on my car for fear of it getting keyed or worse. But, I do where anti-obama shirts. If they want to say something, bring it. I’ll be happy to tell them they are dumb as dirt.
Sorry dirt.
HornetSting on October 15, 2009 at 8:18 PM
That’s why I have a 2-way transmitter for my car alarm and a Kimber .45 ACP at my side. Bring it, non-2nd amendment libtards.
“criminals fear the armed citizen”
viviliberoomuori on October 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
It’s not been a year yet since the election of dear leader (hard to believe, I know). I would bet at least some of the 43 would change their opinion after a year has passed. Watch the polls in 2010 for a more accurate reading.
nyx on October 15, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Low poll numbers isn’t a Waterloo.
However, this may be:
From Eric Dondero:
The story first broke this morning, on Don Suber’s blog, Bob McClarty’s site, and on World Net Daily.
Suber wrote:
I checked.
Apparently that is a true image from the June 24, 2004, Standard, which is Kenya’s oldest newspaper.
Meanwhile, AudacityofHypocrisy notes: link to this story. The news is now deleted from Kenya newspaper website.
Obots.org, the popular Left site that debunks Birther claims issued this curious statement later in the day:
Speculation abounds about how the birthers found this obscure article which doesn’t appear to be on any search engine, and it has been suggested that the article is a fake; but that’s not likely. More likely is the fact that Barack Obama (the President’s father) was born in Kenya just led to a little confusion. I mean after all, if folks today can’t find a shred of evidence to support the crazy idea the President was born in Kenya today, how could a newspaper back in 2004 have found anything (particularly when the article was just a small Kenya-twist embellishment on an AP story).
Libertarian Republican Contributing Writer and Internationally-syndicated Columnist JB Williams had this to say:
“They know it’s real… It’s a real publication. Yes, it’s been scrubbed [newspaper's archives], but they missed some. I pulled some other incriminating articles just today… most especially about Obama’s Muslim background and upbringing and ties to Odinga… there’s articles of people referring to Obama as America’s Odinga.”
Williams is doing further investigation, and promises to release his findings next week right here at LR.
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In fact, this could be Hot Air’s Waterloo as well. You are getting scooped by Eric Dondero.
Mr Purple on October 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Bingo! Obama’s out in 2012.
If there is still a vote left by then. They are still funding ACORN… and they stuff the ballot boxes. They have to keep ACORN or it’s equivalent or they don’t’ win.
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Folks at Hot Air it is easy to become jaded with the all the information and data that is thrown our way so that we do not digest the significance of this exquisite morsel. Folks I would invite you to take a step back from your hectic existence and focus, yes focus on what I am about to say:
1)52.9% of American voters voted for Obama in Nov. 2009; in a span of almost a year only 43% of American voters would vote for him now. This is NOT a favorable number but VOTING INTENTIONS. There is a huge difference. If you go into the Fox numbers further 10% of those who voted for Obama last November say they would vote for SOMEONE ELSE NOW, which corresponds exactly with Obama’s dropoff.
2)48% of American voters overall say they would vote for SOMEONE ELSE. The McCain-Palin ticket generated 45.7% of the vote. Would you say that at present the GOP potential nominee in 2012 has a shot to dethrone the Messiah. Sure 3 years is a long way off but hey HOPE is important in any future campaign.
3)Of independent voters only 35% of them would vote for Obama at present and 48% would vote for SOMEONE ELSE. Obama cannot win re-election with these kind of numbers with indies.
Again please digest these numbers. They are as important as any poll numbers in the past six months.
technopeasant on October 15, 2009 at 8:27 PM
insignificant toll is insignificant.
daesleeper on October 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM
LOL So true!
beachgirlusa on October 15, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Again… I can’t believe his numbers are still so high.
Obama has done more damage to the US than anything done for the past century. Three more years of this and we will be digging out of worst poverty than China or all of Africa.
The dollar is finished. The American dream died when Obama was elected.
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 8:31 PM
As much as it would delight me to find the birthers are correct… I fail to see how HotAir is damaged by ignoring a story so convoluted as this one.
Yeah I’ve read some pretty good stuff… it always turns out to be wrong in the end.
I say the Honolulu newspaper’s birth announcement is better proof than anything out of Kenya.
But hey some Odingo stuff can’t hurt the cause.
But Hot Air is right to stay away.
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 8:36 PM
The conspicuous absence of hopenchange bumper stickers is palpable. My theory is that they were chewed off in frustration by Libtards under the light of the full moon.
You see they were so ashamed in being duped that they didn’t want to be seen during daylight hours grinding their teeth on hard metal.
They have run up enormous bills for psychiatric counseling and cosmetic dentistry as well.
I almost feel like putting some unused hopenchange bumper stickers back on their hybrids to watch them grimace in pain as they are reminded of their folly while the neighbors whisper among themselves at the spectacle.
Geochelone on October 15, 2009 at 8:37 PM
I went through 3 McCain/Palin stickers that were pulled off my car.
wildcat84 on October 15, 2009 at 8:39 PM
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Rush Limbaugh nailed it several months ago.
He compared to the “buyers’ remorse” of Obama voters to a woman who has been told by most of her friends not to marry the “jerk” but she goes ahead anyway and in 2 months realizes she made a huge mistake and should have listened to the people who told her so.
But her ego and pride will not permit her to tell the world how she truly feels until more time has passed, let say at year, and then when she dumps him and asks him for a divorce nobody can say she didn’t give it a chance.
Well petunia, the year is up and many who had buyers’ remorse in the spring 2009 are now showing their real colors. Expect more to expose themselves if Obama does not shape up.
petunia, this is a great start. Accept it for what is worth. You can’t expect to win every game by 3 touchdowns.
technopeasant on October 15, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I think they will ram it through.
Someone on TV today said there was another bill that was front loaded like this one where the taxes came first then the benefits and the congress was forced to repeal it when people where so unhappy about it.
So at least there’s that.
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Maybe indicates a trend. It’s a longtime blue district.
ddrintn on October 15, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Well to follow the analogy… I hope his ex-supporters key his car!
petunia on October 15, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Which of Obama’s economic policies is going to bring about the turnaround?
ddrintn on October 15, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Well, then, that IS a good thing. I read that the election expands the GOP majority in the Tennessee House to 50 representatives (vs 48 Democrats). Win the War–one seat at a time–if that’s what it takes…
lovingmyUSA on October 15, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Oh please. Take your nutty conspiracy theories somewhere else.
terryannonline on October 15, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Nice post.
I can only speak for myself in that I am savoring this latest morsel of data like taste treats from the world’s finest French pastry. My tongue is way happy about it.
You analysis is correct and this bit of wholly objective news should not be passed over blithely without giving it prolonged and intense scrutiny.
Having examined it closely myself I can assure that this will cause irritable bowel syndrome among the sycophants in the media and among the seditious depraved souls in the WH.
Geochelone on October 15, 2009 at 8:50 PM
That’s why I have a 2-way transmitter for my car alarm and a Kimber .45 ACP at my side. Bring it, non-2nd amendment libtards.
“criminals fear the armed citizen”
viviliberoomuori on October 15, 2009
Did you get the model with the carry melt treatment and the rosewood colored Crimson Trace lasergrips? That thing is sweet. Actually, any Kimber is sweet. Some are just sweeter.
SKYFOX on October 15, 2009 at 8:52 PM
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