50% Definitely or Probably Would Not Vote to Re-Elect Obama

Those are the findings of a National Journal poll:

A year into his tenure, a majority of Americans would already vote against Pres. Obama if the ‘12 elections were held today, according to a new survey.

The Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll shows 50% say they would probably or definitely vote for someone else. Fully 37% say they would definitely cast a ballot against Obama. Meanwhile, just 39% would vote to re-elect the pres. to a 2nd term, and only 23% say they definitely would do so. …

But as GOPers focus on taxes and spending, that message seems to be causing Obama the most harm. Among those who believe Obama’s policies have moved the country in the wrong direction, 45% cite spending and government regulation as a top cause for their opposition.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air points out that this news is even worse than it looks for Obama because this was a very Democrat-friendly polling sample. In a more tightly screened sample of likely voters the numbers could be even worse.