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Poll: Only 43% would vote for Obama now
1 year after election, trust in president plunging
Posted: November 17, 2009
8:59 pm Eastern
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Just 12 months after voting by a 53-47 margin to put Barack Obama in the White House, only 43 percent of voters today would re-elect him, according to a new Zogby Internaional–O'Leary Report Poll.
"Most voters don't trust the president on the number one issue of the day: job creation. On top of that, a surprising plurality of voters, and Independent voters in particular, don't side with President Obama on the number one issue to him: whether or not he should be president," said Brad O'Leary, a former NBC Westwood One talk show host and publisher of the O'Leary Report.
He's also written "Shut Up America: The End of Free Speech."
The pollsters on Nov. 10-12 surveyed 2,879 Americans who had voted in the 2008 presidential election. The results have a margin of error of plus-or-minus 1.9 percent.
The poll asked: If the presidential election were held next month, would you vote to re-elect President Obama or would it be time for someone new in the White House?
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The poll showed only 43 percent of Americans who voted in the 2008 presidential election say they would vote to re-elect Obama – a reduction by 10 percent in the votes Obama received on election day last year.
Forty-five percent say they want someone new to be president. Eleven percent say that their vote for or against Obama would depend on who is running against him, and 1 percent are not sure.
Significantly, the poll revealed that only 37 percent of independent voters would vote to re-elect Obama. Forty-six percent say they would like to see someone new. Seventeen percent said they would want to know the opposition first.
Additionally, the poll asked: Please tell me how much you trust the Obama administration to pass federal legislation to create jobs in 2010?
"Not at all" was the response from 42 percent of the voters. Another 11 percent said they do not trust Obama "much." Only about 1 voter in four said they trusted the president "very much," and 18 percent admitted they trusted him "somewhat."
"President Obama's popularity with the voting public has been eroding for some time, but these numbers really drive home the point," O'Leary said.
WND reported only weeks ago a majority of Americans also are alarmed over attempts by the White House to stifle dissent or suppress free speech.
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