Thirty-eight percent of independents approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, the first time independent approval of Obama has dropped below 40% in a Gallup Daily tracking weekly aggregate. Meanwhile, Obama maintains the support of 81% of Democrats, and his job approval among Republicans remains low, at 12%. …The blessed independents (I use the term "blessed" because the media treats them as though they're particularly enlightened because of their inability to make up their minds) flocked to Obama in 2008, and are now trying to get the flock away from him. He promised unity but delivered terribly divisive politics. He promised moderation but delivered the most radically leftist agenda ever thrust upon the American people. Every promise had an expiration date, as Jim Geraghty is fond of saying, and independents were duped.
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%).
The Democrats have campaign plans for this year that calls for the re-engagement of these independents as Democrat voters. It's not going to happen. These numbers show big trouble ahead.
Of course, there are drawbacks to having these Obama voters switch to the GOP. This video tells us a little about those Obama voters:
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