Obama Back Under Water
I cite the Rasmussen Poll from time to time, with the caveat that it doesn’t give a consistent return day to day.
But that’s changed:
Over the past two weeks, the Presidential Approval Index has stayed in a narrow range between +2 and -2.
The number of people who think he’s a disaster is now at least equal to the number of people who think he walks on water. It’s the mildly favorable who are buoying his poll numbers—and they can change their minds.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of U.S. voters at least somewhat favor the Democrats’ health care reform plan, while 45% are at least somewhat opposed.
While the overall numbers favor the plan, those with strong opinions tilt the other way. Twenty-four percent (24%) strongly favor the plan, but 34% are strongly opposed.
Take note, America, of this cautionary tale:
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Massachusetts voters say their state’s health care reform effort has been a success. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that 37% say the reform effort has been a failure, while another 37% are not sure.
Barely one in four Bay Staters think our health care “reform” was a success, while the other three out of four either think it’s been a disaster or find themselves underwhelmed.
It’s mystery to me how President Obama can remain as popular as he is by espousing policies as unpopular as the ones he does. But that’s beginning to change, and if those policies are as bad as many of us have been arguing, his popularity will soon be in the toilet where it—and his policies—belong.