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To: bentway who wrote (622820)	8/4/2011 2:11:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579813

Let's see how the independents view them after the Bush/Tea Party Depression! The Independents are turning against Obama, the only thing keeping his numbers from totally collapsing is that Democrats have not abandoned him (and a there are a lot of registered Democrats) A new poll shows President Barack Obama’s disapproval rate among political independents has broken above 50 percent, even while he is using the debt ceiling debate to seek approval from those critical swing voters. Support for Obama among independents has fallen from 42 percent in May to 31 percent, and disapproval has risen to 54 percent, according to a late July poll of 1,500 registered voters by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. dailycaller.com Over the past year, Obama has lost support among all party groups, though the decline has been steeper among independents than among Republicans or Democrats. Today's 38% approval rating among independents is 18 percentage points lower than the 56% found July 6-12, 2009. During the same period, his support has fallen nine points among Democrats (from 90% to 81%) and eight points among Republicans (from 20% to 12%). gallup.com Two new polls this morning augur ill for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats who control Congress. The worst -- from Gallup -- finds that for the first time since Obama took the oath, his support among independents, a key voter segment in his decisive 2008 coalition election win, has fallen below 40%. The new tracking finds that Obama's support among all voter segments has declined in the past year, but nowhere more than among independents. Only 38% now support him, an 18-point drop from 52 weeks ago, when polls first began showing the nation's rapidly-growing population of independent voters peeling off, as Obama relentlessly pushed his healthcare plan and ignored polls saying jobs and the economy were uppermost on voters' minds. latimesblogs.latimes.com Poll: Debt Ceiling Fight Hurts Obama in Florida Thursday, August 04, 2011 By BRENT KALLESTAD, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama is losing support among Florida voters, especially among independents, a poll released Thursday shows. Fifty percent of voters surveyed randomly by landline telephone between July 27-Aug. 2 by Quinnipiac (Conn.) University said Obama would not deserve a second term in the election were held today. cnsnews.com Dwindling support from independents has cost President Obama his onetime edge over a generic Republican opponent, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press that found voters evenly split over his reelection. The survey showed 41 percent favor Obama winning a second term, while 40 percent prefer a Republican getting elected in 2012. Obama held a 11-point lead in May, after the killing of Osama bin Laden. The drop-off in Obama's rating stems from disenchantment among independent voters. Just 31 percent want him to win another term, down from 42 percent in May. For the first time, a majority of independents (54 percent) disapprove of his job performance. hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com July 25-31st Poll Gallup poll Obama's approval by group Democrats - 77%, Independents - 37%, Republicans 12% Overall 42%, Overall disapprove - 49% gallup.com Obama could have trouble in Florida, according to a new Quinnipiac poll that finds that the president’s approval rating among independents in the swing state dropped 9 percentage points to 33 percent following the announcement of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Quinnipiac looked at two sets of poll numbers: those from July 27 to July 31, before the agreement was announced, and those from Monday and Tuesday, after the agreement had been announced and was making its way through the House and Senate. During that time, Obama’s overall approval rating remained constant at 44 percent. But he saw a precipitous drop off in support among independents. Last week, 42 percent of independents said they approved of the job Obama was doing as president, and 54 percent disapproved. But among those polled Monday and Tuesday, 61 percent said they disapproved of the job he was doing, and just 33 percent disapproved. dailycaller.com Daily Presidential Tracking Poll Thursday, August 04, 2011 Email a Friend Email to a Friend The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 22% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18 (see trends ). Just 14% believe the United States is generally heading in the right direction . That’s down from 17% a week ago, 21% the week before, and 25% the week before that. It’s also the lowest since the week before Barack Obama won the 2008 election. Consumer confidence has fallen to the lowest level since March 12, 2009 . Only 22% approve of the deal to raise the debt ceiling . Republicans and unaffiliated voters are overwhelmingly opposed while Democrats are fairly evenly divided. Given a choice to keep or replace the entire Congress, 62% of voters would get rid of them all and start over. Just 15% would keep them. Despite the current economic and fiscal concerns, 68% continue to believe that American society is fair and decent . Twenty-two percent (22%) disagree and believe it is unfair and discriminatory. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update ). Updates are also available on Twitter and Facebook . Overall, 45% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) at least somewhat disapprove... rasmussenreports.com