Remember those independents who elected President Obama? The ones who had supposedly joined with the Democrats to create an enduring new majority? Say bye-bye, Barack.
Gallup has the news of the independents’ new found independence:
Thirty-eight percent of independents approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, the first time independent approval of Obama has dropped below 40% in a Gallup Daily tracking weekly aggregate. Meanwhile, Obama maintains the support of 81% of Democrats, and his job approval among Republicans remains low, at 12%.
Over the past year, Obama has lost support among all party groups, though the decline has been steeper among independents than among Republicans or Democrats. Today’s 38% approval rating among independents is 18 percentage points lower than the 56% found July 6-12, 2009. During the same period, his support has fallen nine points among Democrats (from 90% to 81%) and eight points among Republicans (from 20% to 12%).
At the rate this guy is going, even Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will vote Republican in November.
Source: Gallup
