Poll: Obama In Good Shape For Re-Election

More Americans would prefer to see Barack Obama re-elected than would prefer a Republican to win in 2012, according to a new poll released today by the Pew Research Center.

In total, 48 percent of respondents said they would rather see Obama re-elected, while 35 percent said they would prefer a Republican and 16 percent didn't know. Among registered voters, 47 percent favored Obama and 37 percent preferred a Republican.

By comparison, a Pew survey of registered voters in April 2003 found 48 percent wanted to see George W. Bush re-elected and 35 percent wanted to elect a Democrat. At the time, Bush's approval rating was higher than Obama's is now, and more people said they were satisfied than dissatisfied with the direction of the country.

In March 1995, only 29 percent of adults in a Pew survey said they would prefer to re-elect Bill Clinton, while 33 percent said they favored a Republican and 20 percent wanted an independent candidate. Having "independent" as an option in that survey makes it difficult to compare directly to Obama's current position.

The new survey also looked at Republican primary candidates: Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee led the field, with 21 percent and 20 percent respectively. Sarah Palin, with 13 percent; Newt Gingrich, with 11 percent; and Ron Paul, with eight percent, trailed Romney and Huckabee, and several other candidates received between two and three percent support.

Conducted March 8-14, the poll targeted 1,525 adults and has a margin of error of three percentage points. Respondents to the Republican primary question included 538 Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters; results for the smaller sample have a margin of error of 5.5 percentage points.

Comments

[ccalvin57]

07:45 PM on 04/06/2011

Oh God, I hope not, we CANNOT take one more day with him........643 Days left in his ONLY term
Jan 20th 2013 The day of REAL Change..

[StillIRise]

12:07 PM on 04/15/2011

Well, if you want to call a change from President Obama to President Obama REAL Change, that's your choice! 
 
President Obama will be re-elected in 2012, and I am one voter who is looking forward to casting my ballot on his behalf.

[ccalvin57]

01:47 PM on 04/15/2011

If you want more of a national debt then we already have, it's at 1.4 TRILLION deficit just for this year alone. Then you go right ahead and vote for ole Barry. To "get the deficit down to 1 Trillion overall, in 10 years as he has said is his goal, would take a tax of 143% of ALL Americans take home pay. In other words, it would take more then everyone of us in the USA make in 10 years to pay the debt down to 1 Trillion. This comment by Obama shows us how he has no idea what he is doing. He just says things to make people happy, and continues to do what ever he wants. The definition of insane is: "To continue to do the same thing over and over and expect different results." Throwing money at the problem has always been the Liberal/Democratic way of "taking care of problems." Never has worked before, yet they continue to do it. Throwing trillions at the health care industry while making it an arm of the government WILL just add millions more or trillions more to our debt. Obama is not a leader, he has no idea what he is doing, so if you agree with him, your insane (see above definition ,} and have no idea what he is doing either. You just like him, because he says what you want to hear. Think for yourself, for once in your life .

[Melissa Self]

02:01 PM on 04/02/2011

Oh god if he gets re elected we are all in a world of hurt!! Look at what he has done so far? Anything good? Anything over the last two years that have the wow factor. He gave away trillions of dollars how has that helped you? I am a disabled vet who works 40 hours a week just so we can have a decent life. He hasn't done anything for us. I am barley able to walk and the va can't decide if my rating should go up. Obama ruined the lives of oil workers and buisnesses that service the oil workers and their families. The price of oil is way high and he is on Vacation. Let's not pop open the reserves or anything. How about that wonderful Obama care. That unconstitional health care. That health care that states are getting waivers for. It is so good that states are jumping off of it like rats in a sinking ship. I am still trying to find one thing that he has done.... Didn't he say he would walk the picket line with the Unions? He must of had a blister from playing basketball. Oh well, Viva La Teabaggers

[desertdweller]

06:03 PM on 04/04/2011

Get in line behind everyone else that has it tough these days but try getting your information from some source other than Fox Noise.

[Joe Englade]

02:26 AM on 04/05/2011

You have got to be kidding me. Every time someone has something negative to say about the dummy O, the democratic supporters blame Fox News for it. Really? Lets assume for a second that I had no other vested interest in his completely idiotic attempt to "fix" things in America. The only thing I have to do to become acutely aware of his actions is to go to work. There I can watch administration scramble like crazy attempting to find ways to cut the budget enough to allow the hospital to stay open. I'm sure that if they did not have to shell out more than 600,000.00 a month to care for all the illegal aliens that benefit from our healthcare system, then it wouldn't be too terrible hard. But seeing as that is the situation, and really "fixing" healthcare or the immigration problem doesn’t seem to interest dummy O, there might not be much of a system left to treat anyone by the time a balanced ledger is acquired. Now sit back and think for a second. That is going on now and his wonderful program hasn’t even started fully yet!

[ilovedessert]

09:36 PM on 03/31/2011

I'm sure Obama will beat anyone the GOP will put up, such as Palin and/or Bachmann!

[ccalvin57]

07:47 PM on 04/06/2011

You are in for quite a shock, Obama couldn't win dogcatcher.

[StillIRise]

12:00 PM on 04/15/2011

Apparently, a majority of Americans disagree with you!

[FarOutFish]

01:15 AM on 03/30/2011

No sane Democrat would dare challenge President Obama. He would suffer less pain by whacking his pee-pee with a hammer. He would be a Pariah in the party, unable to garner support for a run for Dogcatcher. Mr. Obama does not face any threat from his party. His threat comes from the economy. If it's good he wins, if it's bad he looses..

[ccalvin57]

08:04 PM on 04/06/2011

There are no Sane Democrats.

[Schalaine]

02:10 AM on 04/10/2011

Since this is the raving of an insane bagger, I will just dismiss it. You guys are easy to dismiss. You never have anything worth while to say.

[Sandy Obu]

10:31 PM on 03/29/2011

I noticed Politicians and Celebrities love to say, “I use to sweep floors, dig ditches, wait tables, clean toilets, and cashier fast foods; and, now look at me!” Are ‘Labor’ jobs really a miserable predicament? In 1995, I knew a Man who was unsuccessful finding a ‘White’ collar job to support his family. In desperation, he accepted TWO janitorial commercial contracts in which he only had to vacuum floors, empty a few waste baskets, and tidy the restroom. For a 4 day week, he made over $2,000 per month working only 2 hours per day! I say, “This was a smart career move!”

[FarOutFish]

01:17 AM on 03/30/2011

Don't forget being born in a log cabin, made with Lincoln Logs.

[Schalaine]

02:12 AM on 04/10/2011

And walking five miles to school, uphill both ways.

[Fred Gwynn]

10:15 PM on 03/28/2011

No way! And, if the Dems want to win re-election they better find the real savior. Obama had a chance to do something great, he fooled me, I'm sorry to say. This country really needed the guy in the campaign.

[Vance Ulrich]

09:59 AM on 03/26/2011

Some of these liberals are ridiculous/uneducated about how the political process works. Healthcare reform was the most important piece of legislation passed in at least 40 years. And you guys are complaining that immigration reform and energy reform didn't pass?

[ccalvin57]

08:06 PM on 04/06/2011

Most important piece of legislation passed in the last 40 years? No you don't have that right, it's the "Most illegal, unconstitutional piece of legislation passed in the last 40 years".

[ThirdSection]

02:48 AM on 03/26/2011

According to the poll, Obama is better than a Republican.

On a vaguely related note, I'm taller than Herve Villachaise.

[ccalvin57]

07:48 PM on 04/06/2011

Not to worry, the POLL was taken in the White House, they called every office about 25 times and asked how they liked Obama.

[RenoSage]

06:28 PM on 03/25/2011

From your prediction to Fate's ear!!!

[WillowInTheWind]

03:48 PM on 03/25/2011

It would appear that the Republicans can't agree with anyone including themselves.

[sysaphus71]

03:35 PM on 03/25/2011

This like the Ted Mack Amatuer Hour ,only for Presidents......get the hook ,open up a new can of candidates....this one is past the sell date.
In the future when alone in the voting booth ...consider if your candidate......HAS ACTUALLY RUN SOMETHING BEFORE!

[WillowInTheWind]

03:45 PM on 03/25/2011

not only that but how did they do running it......

[Xylem44]

10:33 AM on 03/25/2011

SHAFT!!! He's a badMotha... shutYOURmouth!

[ccalvin57]

07:49 PM on 04/06/2011

Replace the word :Bad" With As*Hole and I agree with you

[Schalaine]

10:40 AM on 04/10/2011

Are you referring to the "Donald?" I couldn't agree more.

[Brain User]

10:33 AM on 03/25/2011

When ask these day to choose between two evils the GOP is out of question. I would rather vote for thiefs than a sorcerer.

[ccalvin57]

08:10 PM on 04/06/2011

By voting for Obama, you are voting for both.

[Schalaine]

02:17 AM on 04/10/2011

You vote for whomever you like. President Obama has my vote locked down. Me and about twenty family members. Plus all the new voters I plan to register. Not one new voter has expressed an interest in Republicans....I wonder why?

[ccalvin57]

08:27 AM on 04/10/2011

Wow, you have what 21 votes maybe more for Obama. I personally know about 500 people who are in my situation who wouldn't vote for Obama for dog catcher. You go ahead and vote for this Naive, Liberal, Socialist, maybe you can get 100 votes for him, then he might get 1000 total across the country. It is going to be a rout, have you not heard the utter disgust this nation has for the way he is running this country? Get out of your little circle of friends who agree with you, and take a look. Many who voted for Obama last time are so frustrated, they would vote for anyone else. I wish Clinton would run against him in the primaries, I don't like her much either, but the lesser of two evils comes up here. Wake up and look, is the country any better off since he took over? Or as usual is it still all Bush's fault? Why stop there, if it hadn't been for Christopher Columbus we wouldn't be in this mess, it's all Columbus' fault.

[MisterCee]

10:30 AM on 03/25/2011

Hopefully if he wins a second term he'll get a backbone and stop compromising so much.

[mudshark12]

03:35 PM on 03/25/2011

I agree!

[Jacob Wiley]

07:44 PM on 03/25/2011

I agree. 0 compromise is appropriate after what GOP has done when he tries to help both sides

[ccalvin57]

08:13 PM on 04/06/2011

Obama trying to "Help" both sides? That is not why he was voted in. He was voted in by Liberal Democrats, to change the status quo. He has done NOTHING but keep things as they have always been, Politicians passing legislation to help politicians. I would vote for Donald Trump before I would vote for Obama. At least Trump no hows to balance a budget.

[jasongrundy]

09:56 AM on 03/25/2011

Of course he is in GREAT shape:

#1 - he has done a great job

#2 - have you seen the republican candidates?...Looks like the bar scene in Star Wars and behaves like men in a frat house.

[sy49ers]

01:34 PM on 03/25/2011

#1 - He has done a great job?
Really?
- Continued bailout programs of George W. Bush
- Continued both wars of George W. Bush
- Continues to keep Guantanamo open
- Continues military tribunals for detainees
- Continues USA Patriot Act
- Unemployment at 9.5%
- Real unemployment near 20%
- A terrible health care law that does nothing to address the structural issues of increased health care costs
- health care law just passes the buck to others who are already insured to pay more (further hurting the middle class)
- CEO pay rising
- A new war in Libya
- Nothing done about Darfur
- Impotent response to Haiti
- Impotent response to the BP oil spill
- Impotent response to the Japanese earthquake so far
- Continued the tax cuts for the very rich

Yeah, he's doing a great job! A+! But I see no difference in policy between him and George W. Bush.

[jasongrundy]

02:29 PM on 03/25/2011

You are wrong on all levels...'GO POUND some TEA"

[Jacob Wiley]

07:50 PM on 03/25/2011

Do you understand how difficult it is to get one of these things you posted done or removed? It's often political suicide just doing one. Focus on economic recovery, finishing wars victoriously, giving then gift of health care to the people at only 75 billion a year or 1/12th the 498 billion medicare and 295 billion medicaid programs and now promoting Democracy by ending a tyrants reign in Lybia. (sources below+ if you need more just google it)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)

cost of funding section

http://useconomy.about.com/od/fiscalpolicy/p/Mandatory.htm

[sy49ers]

01:35 PM on 03/25/2011

Not to mention... no immigration reform and NO energy policy.

[RenoSage]

06:18 PM on 03/25/2011

And whose fault is it that Obama seems ineffective to you? Congress shares the blame,
if any. And I blame the CEOs for milking the system.