Obama’s Reelection Troubles Increase: Registered Democrats Turned Off, Many Leaving Democrat Party
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on December 17, 2011
Despite having all the free media publicity and free travel he could ever want as the incumbent president, support for Barack Obama’s reelection continues to plummet among Democrats… the Democrat party is also losing support from its voters. More than 825,000 registered Democrats in the states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania have fled the party since the 2008 election.
The ranks of Republicans across the nation have grown.
Dear Leader’s class warfare-driven, statist “hopenchange” hasn’t been at all what it was cracked up to be…
Reported by Erick Erickson at RedState:
…There are warning signs on the horizon for Mr. Obama. It is not just a sagging economy that may actually be on the way down, not up. Battleground state voters are leaving the Democratic Party. According to National Journal, “Over 825,000 registered Democrats in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Pennsylvania have departed the party rolls since President Obama’s election in 2008.”
USA Today reports that Republicans have become resurgent in key swing states too. “Since the heady days of 2008, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States Poll finds the number of voters who identify themselves as Democratic or Democratic-leaning in these key states has eroded, down by 4 percentage points, while the ranks of Republicans have climbed by 5 points.” Republican voters are also paying more attention and are more engaged. In key swing states, Obama trails both Romney and Gingrich.
“But wait,” the television pitch man might say, “there’s more!”
A Harvard University survey “of more than 2,000 young voters, age 18 to 29, finds their support for Obama, so crucial to his 2008 victory, has dwindled.” The kids still like their Obamessiah more than they generic Republican, but they think he is going to lose. An Associated Press-GfK poll “finds a majority of American adults (52%) say the Democrat should be defeated come Nov. 6, while only 43% say he deserves a second term.”
From National Journal:
The Democratic decline is especially stark in Iowa and Florida, two early Republican primary states where Democrats have lost significant ground. In Iowa, the number of registered Democrats has declined 7.9 percent since 2008, while the number of registered Republicans has increased by two percent. In the Sunshine State, Democratic registration decreased by five percent, while Republican registration dipped 2.2 percent.
Obama’s approval numbers are lower than that of Jimmy Carter’s. Only 324 days more to go before Bloodbath II.
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I belong to the tea party and I am very proud of it. It is such a shame the way the lieberal media and dems have tried to falsely say they are extremists. I wonder when balancig our nations budget, free markets and having elected officials abide by their consitutional authority and not overstep their boundaries became something that was bad. The dems in the senate have not passed a budget in over three years and our nations financial situation is in crisis. I do not believe for one moment that Obama wil be elected. Everyone I know cannot wait to vote him out.