Fire Congress?
In a new USA Today/Gallup poll released today, only one in five registered voters (21%) believe most members of Congress deserve another term in office. This is the lowest number ever recorded by Gallup. The poll was taken after the debt ceiling negotiations, but before Monday’s 634 point drop in the DOW.
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However, Gallup notes that voters “are more charitable in their evaluations of their own member of Congress, with 54% saying he or she deserves re-election, compared with 57% in May. The electorate has consistently been more likely to say their member of Congress deserves re-election than to say most members do. However, even though a majority believes their own representative should be re-elected, the current percentage is on the low end of what Gallup has measured historically. The lowest readings were 48% in October 1992 and 49% on two occasions in 2010.”
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Gallup also found Obama weathered the political debt ceiling storm unharmed.
“The poll finds voters about evenly divided as to whether President Barack Obama deserves re-election, with 47% saying he does and 50% saying he does not. Those figures are unchanged compared with May of this year, but better than Gallup measured last October.”
“Obama now has a 45% to 39% edge when voters are asked to say whether they are more likely to vote for him or for the Republican presidential candidate in the 2012 election. For much of the year, Obama and the “generic” Republican were closely matched on this measure, though in the last two months the Republican had an advantage.
“This month, Gallup for the first time included a follow-up measure of undecided voters, asking if they leaned more toward Obama or the Republican candidate. When the “leanings” of undecided voters are taken into account, Obama maintains an edge, 49% to 45%, with 6% not expressing a preference or leaning for Obama or the Republican candidate.”
This polling data on Obama may change, as the main stream media hastens its attack on Obama. Major media outlets have all published scathing reviews of the president, after what many perceive as his inability to negotiate on behalf of his base and their principles.