Friday, October 23, 2009

Obama Slipping in The Polls

Just read an article on aol news about Obama's approval ratings slipping in a recent CNN poll. While the overall article, which you can read here:

http://news.aol.com/article/obamas-poll-numbers-take-a-hit/730460?icid=mainmaindl1link3http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fobamas-poll-numbers-take-a-hit%2F730460

was positive, the reader opinion poll included in the article tells a very different story.

At the time I read the article, the number of people who disapproved of Obama stood at 74% out of a total of 613,532 respondents. An additional poll showed that 51% disagreed with the president on health care and 42% disapproved of his administrations handling of the economy, this out of 589,782 responses. So while CNN's poll may claim a strong showing of support, I think it would be unwise to ignore aol's reader poll suggesting otherwise. Polls for the most part are not very scientific and often just plain wrong, but it's hard to ignore these kind of numbers.

In my opinion, everything I'm seeing so far is pointing to a repeat of the Carter administration, where very little is actually accomplished and good luck getting a second term.

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