Poll Suggests Obama's Arrogance Is The Problem

Poll Suggests Obama's Arrogance Is The Problem

I went looking for the full poll behind a claim that 68% of Americans oppose passing ObamaCare without Republican support. Via this article, I came across this 42 page pdf file with the poll data.

From Rasmussen on March 1st, current Party ID numbers stand at 35% D, 32% R, and 33% I. The AP-GFK poll uses 45% D, 34% R, and 20% I. It's possible ObamaCare's numbers are even worse than the AP-GFK poll suggests, but beyond that, there's even more troubling information inside. Obama is completely out of step with America's priorities right now.

The number of Democrats declined slightly for the fourth straight month. At 35.1%, the number of Democrats is down slightly from a month ago, down six percentage points from a year ago, and is at the lowest level recorded in more than seven years of monthly tracking by Rasmussen Reports. See the History of Party Trends from January 2004 to the present.


Also in February, the number of Republicans declined for the second straight month. At 32.1% the number of Republicans is down a point-and-a-half from a year ago but is in the middle of the range the party has occupied for the past two years.

Fifty-six percent believe America is on the wrong track, while only 38% say Right. And Obama's arrogance and single-mindedness puts him totally out of touch with the people. When it comes to issues, the Economy is number 1 for 92% of the people. Unemployment is number 2 at 84%; terrorism comes in 3rd at 83%; and the deficit is 4th at 75%.

Obama is losing when it comes to his approval numbers on the Economy and the Deficit, while breaking even on Employment. He's only winning on health care by 3 points. But health care is number 5 in importance at 73%. Consequently, he has bypassed most all of America's meat and potato issues and isn't even clearly winning their support on his key agenda item. If we adjust the Party ID numbers to conform to Rasmussen's latest, it only gets worse.

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/03/poll-suggests-obamas-arrogance-is-the-problem.html