CBS-NEW YORK TIMES POLL-Obama down to 41%; 80% say they're worse off than 4 years ago...what say you?
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CBS News/New York Times PollFor release: March 12, 20126:30 PM ET
The November Election, The President, and the Economy
March 7-11, 2012
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Rising gas prices may be weighing on President Obama’s approval ratings: after toppingoff at 50% approval just last month, his rating has dipped to 41% today, the lowest of hispresidency. 47% now disapprove.
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As has historically been the case, a majority of Americans (54%) believes a Presidentcan do a lot to control gas prices.
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In November matchups, President Obama maintains his lead among registered votersover all would-be Republican challengers - by three points over Mitt Romney and fourover Rick Santorum – but those gaps have narrowed, coinciding with the dip in Obama’sapproval.
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Part of Barack Obama’s advantage in those head-to-heads is being seen asunderstanding peoples’ needs and problems. 55% of registered voters say he does – butonly 31% think Mitt Romney does. 40% say Rick Santorum does.
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Americans divide over whether the U.S. should get involved in any military conflictbetween Israel and Iran over nuclear weapons. 47% want the U.S. to support Israel inany action it might take; 42% don’t want to get involved.Rising gas prices may be taking a bite out of Americans’ wallets, and perhaps a toll onPresident Obama’s approval ratings. Though his approval rating reached 50% last month for thefirst time since the killing of Osama bin Laden last May, it has now plunged nine points to an all-time low of 41%.
President Obama’s Overall Job Rating
Now 2/2012 12/2011 11/2011 5/2011 1/2011Approve 41% 50% 47% 43% 57% 49%Disapprove 47 43 44 47 37 39Most Americans believe gas prices are something a President can do a lot about – 54% say so.Whether correct or not, Americans have historically felt this way about a President’s control overgas prices. They also felt this way when gas prices spiked during the administration of formerPresident George W. Bush.
Are Gas Prices Something a President Can do a lot About?
Now 2/2012 3/2011 7/2008 5/2006 5/2004Yes 54% 54% 50% 65% 63% 58%No 36 34 41 29 30 33
Continued attacks from the Republicans running to replace President Obama may be having animpact, too. His disapproval rating has risen to 89% among Republicans (from 82% last month),and now more independents disapprove of his job performance than approve – that was not thecase last month. And though his approval rating among Democrats remains high, it hasdropped seven points – from 85% last month to 78% today.
President Obama’s Overall Job Rating
Total Reps Dems IndsApprove 41% 5% 78% 37%Disapprove 47 89 15 45President Obama’s job rating on the economy remains about the same as it was last month -39% approve and 54% disapprove – but his rating on foreign policy has dropped significantly.Now, just 40% approve of his handling of foreign policy – a drop of 10 points from last month – while 41% disapprove. This is the first time since the killing of Osama bin Laden in May 2011that more Americans disapprove than approve of the job Barack Obama is doing handlingforeign policy.
President Obama’s Job Ratings
Foreign Policy The EconomyNow 2/2012 Now 2/2012Approve 40% 50% 39% 44%Disapprove 41 36 54 50
Looking Ahead to November
Barack Obama maintains his lead over all the Republican hopefuls in hypothetical generalelection matchups, but the gap has narrowed -- reflective, perhaps, of the President’s drop inapproval ratings this week.Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum run closest to the incumbent President, three and four pointsback, respectively. The President maintains a commanding lead if the Republican nomineewere Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul.
Who Would You Vote For in November if the Candidates Were…?
(Among registered voters)Now 2/13/2012 1/18/2012Barack Obama 47% 48% 45%Mitt Romney 44 42 45Barack Obama 48% 49% 49%Rick Santorum 44 41 38Barack Obama 49 50% 46%Ron Paul 39 39 42Barack Obama 52 54% 50%Newt Gingrich 38 36 39
Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have all improved their standings withindependents compared to last month – with Romney making the most gains. Ron Paul’sstanding among independents has dropped slightly.
Who Would You Vote For in November if the Candidates Were…?
(Among independent voters)Now 2/13/2012 1/18/2012Barack Obama 45% 46% 38%Mitt Romney 43 37 46Barack Obama 45% 46% 45%Rick Santorum 42 39 36Barack Obama 46% 44% 39%Ron Paul 36 40 49Barack Obama 50% 51% 46%Newt Gingrich 35 32 38In 2008, Barack Obama won the women’s vote, as Democrats often do in Presidential elections.(He won the men’s vote too.) So far this year there has been a lot of focus on issues of concernto women. Now, Barack Obama has a lead against all Republican challengers among womenvoters. Among men, both Romney and Santorum have wide leads over the President.
Gender Gap: Who Would You Vote For in November if Candidates Were…?
(Among registered voters)Women MenBarack Obama 50% 44%Mitt Romney 39 50Barack Obama 50% 45%Rick Santorum 40 50Barack Obama 49% 49%Ron Paul 38 40Barack Obama 54% 51%Newt Gingrich 34 43
Top Opinion
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This is a lie!!
+9If the left-leaning CBS and NY Times are reporting these figures then the truth must be MUCH worse.
No president has ever been reelected with job approval ratings this low this close to an election. If you are looking for a metric, there is one. In fact should Obama continue to stay below 50% in the job approval rating polls, you can safely bet money in Vegas and make yourself a few bucks. If Obama stays down around 40% (40, 41, 42, 43, or 44%) a ham sandwich could beat Obama.
But there is always hope on the left, God bless their little black hearts:
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just trying to survive ...
the general misery index is up there as well ..
and these jobs numbers / economy / and GDP being on the positive side ....well I DONT BUY IT !
and all that I know arent any better ...
He was also told that he will get his deliveries by time..not gallons as before. He just got a load at the local store; from the time that the front wheels got on his parking lot; till 60 minutes later; whatever fuel they could pump; that was it!
He said the same thing happened at store number 2; and now they are having shortages of Premium..something is going on; and it's not because we have no oil......
I do know the tanker trucks deliver and use gravity off load .not by PTO power unit ..and it's all about the gravity which fuel liquid flows ...diesel would be a little bit longer "it is an oil "
so when the delivery tankers hit the lot "what ever they could off load in an hour' is all the store got ??
it takes 20 min to get static strap & hoses in the respective tank recpticles ..I did haul fuel for a while .. wow ...we could be looking at 70 gas problems again ?
seems like anything to get the people to the point of revolt ...is their agenda ,,we've talked about this before ...
this is one big reason I diversified to hydrogen as a supplement ...
I know they had to pass some new TSA background checks (in addition to the Hazmat checks )
quite interesting .....!
I have four adult children in their 40’s however, and have been strongly advising them for several years, even before ’08, to plan on getting NOTHING from anyone, especially their* government, when it comes to their retirement. Plan and Invest wisely (Blue chips, mutuals, precious metals, and now might be a good time for some real estate as well.)
* It’s their government. I washed my hands of the whole corrupt bunch years ago! It’s all the next generation’s now (that includes you.)
Regards,
Pete
There is still a “trust fund” comprised of Soc. Sec. Administration owned T-Bills and possibly other Federal Government issued bonds, but the aggregate total of all these ‘investmments’ is due to be depleted in about 20 years, and certainly by 2035.
Stocking up is not a bad idea, but in the event of a major supply line interruption (for an Armageddon-like event), you’ll probably need to be self sufficient for up to a year or so (including energy). You might also need an arsenal to hold on to your stores. Good luck
I'm working that list 100 things you need to survive as quickly as I can. Notice...under 8 years of Bush NO ONE was as frantic as they are now, gun sales are skyrocketing (as people won't want to "share the wealth" like 0bamao would have us do) and now on tv you have those doomsdayer/survivalist/bunker shows? It's the 1950's all over again and the smart people are scared sh!tless.
I’m stocking up for a few weeks at best, maybe 6 to 10, and I’m adequately armed. After that I’ll hit the trail down to one of my children’s places. Have horse farms surrounding me, and children 30 and 60 miles down the road.
I remember the ‘duck and cover’ days of the 50’s, and neighbors digging shelters. That was Mid-fifties Americana, the one I grew up in, nothing at all like our vaunted president ever experienced. His childhood rearing was in a foreign country and a tropical island resort. Stands to reason his views are different.
Take good care of yourself and best of luck.
Regards,
Pete
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