Obama’s approval rating falls below 50% in Quinnipiac Poll and to 26% (strongly approve) in Rasmussen poll for first time

obama-socialist.jpgSlip slidin’ away. Obama’s approval rating has fallen below 50% for the first time in polling and stands at 48% from the Quinnipiac University poll as U.S. voter discontent grows Bloomberg calls it because of the war in Afghanistan, while ignoring everything else Obama has pulled such as this whole healthcare debacle, the stimulus thats “Creating or saving” jobs in districts that don’t exist, bowing to the Japan Emperor, the way he has handled the jihadist Hasan etc. At Rasmussen, Obama’s “Strongly approve” rating has fallen to 26%, its lowest level to date, and -14 and the PSI which has tied the lowest level ever. After claiming the poll numbers are dropping because of only Afghanistan, Bloomberg goes on to list other parts of his approval ratings drops, such as his handling of the economy.

The percentage of people who approve of Obama’s handling of the economy fell to 43 percent, down from 47 percent in an October Quinnipiac poll.

The percentage who say they disapprove of the way Obama is handling the war in Afghanistan rose to 49 percent in the latest survey, up from 42 percent last month. Thirty-eight percent approved of his handling of the war, compared with 40 percent last month.

The November survey of 2,518 registered voters also found that the percentage of those saying that fighting the war in Afghanistan was the right thing to do has fallen below 50 percent, to 48 percent. That is down from 52 percent in October.

“Overall, the new numbers on Afghanistan show an almost across-the-board erosion of support for the war,” Brown said.

Obama is weighing a request by his commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, to increase the U.S. force of 68,000 by as many as 40,000 personnel next year.

A plurality of voters surveyed, 47 percent, backed sending more troops to Afghanistan, compared with 42 percent who opposed the plan.

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November 18, 2009 · Filed Under Political Polling


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