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If you're a Democrat running for office, it's not a good thing:
Obama Factor in 2014 Vote Similar to 2010
As in 2010, more say they will vote to oppose rather than support him
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ -- Registered voters are more likely to view their choice of candidate in this year's midterm elections as a message of opposition (32%) rather than support (20%) for President Barack Obama. That 12-percentage-point margin is similar to what Gallup measured for Obama in 2010 and George W. Bush in 2006, years in which their parties performed poorly in the midterm elections.
Complete text: http://www.gallup.com/poll/178043/obama-factor-2014-vote-similar-2010.aspx
Meanwhile, in Arkansas:
The president is playing an outsized role in the race between Arkansas Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican challenger Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. Obama is seriously unpopular here; a recent survey by the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling put his job approval rating at 31 percent, versus 62 percent disapproval.
Given that, Cotton has relentlessly tied Pryor to Obama, saying Pryor has voted with the president "93 percent of the time" and is a reliable rubber stamp for anything Obama wants to do. The strategy has given Cotton a small but durable lead in the race; he has been ahead in eight of the last ten public surveys included in the RealClearPolitics average of polls.
Complete text: http://washingtonexaminer.com/in-ar...e-democrats-from-barack-obama/article/2554462
Obama Factor in 2014 Vote Similar to 2010
As in 2010, more say they will vote to oppose rather than support him
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ -- Registered voters are more likely to view their choice of candidate in this year's midterm elections as a message of opposition (32%) rather than support (20%) for President Barack Obama. That 12-percentage-point margin is similar to what Gallup measured for Obama in 2010 and George W. Bush in 2006, years in which their parties performed poorly in the midterm elections.
Complete text: http://www.gallup.com/poll/178043/obama-factor-2014-vote-similar-2010.aspx
Meanwhile, in Arkansas:
The president is playing an outsized role in the race between Arkansas Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican challenger Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. Obama is seriously unpopular here; a recent survey by the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling put his job approval rating at 31 percent, versus 62 percent disapproval.
Given that, Cotton has relentlessly tied Pryor to Obama, saying Pryor has voted with the president "93 percent of the time" and is a reliable rubber stamp for anything Obama wants to do. The strategy has given Cotton a small but durable lead in the race; he has been ahead in eight of the last ten public surveys included in the RealClearPolitics average of polls.
Complete text: http://washingtonexaminer.com/in-ar...e-democrats-from-barack-obama/article/2554462
