I’ll first repeat what I wrote on July 12:
That said, Rasmussen today shows the least favorable numbers yet for Obama: 50% approve, and 49% disapprove. See trends.
Today’s Romney vs. Obama match-up provides some encouragement, doesn’t it? One of the best parts: ”When Romney is the Republican nominee, he beats Obama among unaffiliated voters 48% to 41%.” I searched around Rasmussen’s site a bit and could not find the ending numbers for McCain, in terms of his proportion of unaffiliated voters. If readers happen to know that number, feel free to post it in the comments.
Update: Tommy Boy reports that the final numbers in the November 2008 election showed that unaffiliated voters supported Obama over McCain by a 52-44% margin. So here we are today, less than a year later, and unaffiliated voters have swung 15 points, from Obama +8 to Romney +7.
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July 20th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Hodge,
The final indy numbers were Obama 52 McCain 44
July 20th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Thanks, Tommy.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Hodge,
Those were the final numbers for the exit poll, not Rasmussen’s final numbers in case I wasn’t clear.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I’ll get excited when we don’t have to post the rasmussen numbers to get excited.
July 20th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
The fact is we’re only 7 months into Obama’s term and Romney is showing that he is in a dead tie with Obama now. It shows that the public at large is starting to break away from him. That is something to get excited about.
July 20th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I agree that Republicans must offer alternatives and they are. Its just that in Congress, their alternatives are blocked and an unfavorable media as you can expect is running with the DNC meme that Republicans are the party of NO because they have no alternatives. Its a lie. There are plenty of alternatives, to the stimulus, to the budget, to healthcare, to everything. But the lazy media fails to substantiate their allegations that Republicans are the No-party because it fits their agenda, to keep the Democrats in power. We need that New Council for a New America to get the word out to the grass roots because the mass media is a failure.