Happy
Tuesday after Labor Day, or what is now known as the official start of
the midterm election season (to be differentiated by the months leading
up to today by….pretty much nothing but a change in temperature).
Nevertheless, a new ABC/WaPo poll
out today will likely set the tone for much of the coverage over the
next few weeks, and it doesn’t look pretty for the Dems, or President Obama for that matter. Two results particularly stand out: the GOP has a “record lead” over the Dems, and Obama’s approval rating has dipped to a new low. From ABC’s analysis of the results:
Two months before the 2010 midterm elections, likely voters now favor the Republican over the Democratic candidate in their congressional district by 53-40 percent, the widest GOP margin on record in ABC News/Washington Post polls since 1981.It’s just as bad for the President:
A majority, 52 percent, now disapproves of the way Obama is handling his job overall, another first in ABC/Post polls. Intensity increasingly is against him, with those who disapprove “strongly” outnumbering strong approvers by 14 points. A record 57 percent rate him negatively on handling the economy, “strongly” so by an even wider margin, 2-1.It’s about the economy stupid?
Ninety-two percent of Americans say the economy’s in bad shape. A mere 24 percent believe it’s improving. And for the first time numerically more say Obama’s economic program has made the economy worse, 33 percent, than improved it, 30 percent. Views that he’s helped the economy have dropped by 9 points since spring.
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