Obama's State Approval Ratings Spell Trouble for Senate Democrats

[Marcus Aurelius]

http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotl...s-spell-trouble-for-senate-democrats-20140129

Senate Democrats have a big problem. Historically, Senate candidates struggle where their party's president is the least popular. And, as Gallup's 2013 state approval-rating averages show, President Obama is very, very unpopular in the states Democrats have to defend in the 2014 elections.

One look at Obama's state-by-state approval rating averages ought to send a shiver through the ranks of Senate Democrats.

Republicans need to capture six seats to win control of the Senate, and Democrats have to defend five deep-red states—Arkansas, Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, and West Virginia—where Obama's approval rating was at or below 35 percent in 2013, according to Gallup's 2013 polling averages. The president was also far underwater in another two Democratic-held states he lost in 2012, Louisiana (40 percent) and North Carolina (43 percent), as well as purple-tinged Colorado and Iowa (42 percent), which Obama won.

In the past 10 years, just nine senators of the president's party have won elections where presidential approval slips below the national average, according to a review of exit polls and election results since 2004.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

And before he chimes in with how inaccurate these poll numbers are, note they are from Gallup...Bo-bo's self proclaimed favorite source for poll numbers, because of their accuracy.

 

[SW48]

http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotl...s-spell-trouble-for-senate-democrats-20140129

CNN interviewed one of those Democrats, I believe he was from Colorado maybe? They asked him if the President came to his home state to campaign would he like it. And he would not answer the question even though the reporter asked 3 times. Finally the reporter turned to the camera and said "I guess that answers the question". ouch.

I'm not sure control of the Senate by Republicans helps the country in any way.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

CNN interviewed one of those Democrats, I believe he was from Colorado maybe? They asked him if the President came to his home state to campaign would he like it. And he would not answer the question even though the reporter asked 3 times. Finally the reporter turned to the camera and said "I guess that answers the question". ouch.

I'm not sure control of the Senate by Republicans helps the country in any way.

You could be right on that. Obama will just veto anything they put in front of him, then blame them for not doing anything.