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Obama and the Democrats are getting crushed nationwide yet he has an 85% approval in DC
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Anonymous
| I know that part of it comes from the fact that the demographics of the District means that there is a high African-American number in the sampling, and I understand the unwavering support, despite a first term of mistake after mistake. If Obama was white his approval would be far lower here, but that being said everyone in the District just seems to be oblivious to the fact that this seems to be Jimmy Carter II and even i as a moderate Democrat think that we're heading in the wrong direction. |
Anonymous
| DC is a sort of a 'bubble'. I think politically it is slowly becoming less lockstep though. |
Anonymous
| Actually, it's not just DC but the suburbs too around here - somewhat because the anger beyond the beltway about government spending actually fuels our economy around here, and your friends and neighbors paychecks. NPR had a story on it a couple days ago. |
Anonymous
| I'm talking about THE DISTRICT. The approval rating is in regards to the The District of Columbia. From the Western Ave to Anacostia they love him. |
Anonymous
| Yes, yes I do. Show me a viable, electable alternative. signed, a District resident who would vote for him again today. |
Anonymous
Brown of Massachusettts. At this point, I would give serious consideration to Mike Huckabee, conservative as he is. Obama has been an absymal failure and he is popular in DC because of democraphics. This Nov. will be a wake up call for him but I think it is too late. Experience shows and he shows that he does not have the experience to govern--it should show the rest of the country that being POTUS is not a "learn as you go" job. |
Anonymous
| Agreed with 11:40 - signed a Caucasian voter who would vote for him again today given the alternative. You, as a moderate Democrat, would have voted for McCain/Palin? You, as a moderate Democrat would have voted for Hillary in the primaries given the baggage that she seemed to carry at the time? Hindsight is 20/20 - and in politics always appears to be 20/10. I am saddened Dems can't do more, but I am happy that we've gotten two major pieces of legislation passed on two major priorities, that we had a Democrat choosing two of the Supreme Court Justices (and maybe three before all is said and done), and that we haven't gone even further to the right in political philosophy. Do I hate the jobless rate - yes. Do I wish we had a lower deficit, of course. Do I hope that we end the war in Afghanistan with something other than a severe loss? Sure. But I wouldn't change my vote in 2008, and it would have to be a very, very good candidate for me to change my vote in 2012. |
Anonymous
| How about Paul Ryan? He actually has a true plan to get rid of the deficit. Or Mitch Daniels of Indiana who is another proven fiscal conservative. |
Anonymous
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First of all, you have to remember Obama inherited most of the debt, it's not as if he waltzed into the oval office and started spending. Bush has been the BIGGEST spender since LBJ!! Were your expectations perhaps a little on high side, fantasizing that Obama could magically clean up the mess we're in in the matter of what, a year and 1/2???
Get a grip people. |
Anonymous
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Discretionary spending went up in Bush's first term by 48.5 percent, not adjusted for inflation, more than twice as much as Bill Clinton, which was 21.6
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Anonymous
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12:32
The facts shown in the visual below show that the debt is continuing to be created because the Obama budget is spending too much. Some is continuation of policies that Bush put in place such as the medicare drug benefit but the Health care plan adds a whole lot more to the debt problem. http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/ |
Anonymous
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Why is anyone surprised that the District polls differently? You're comparing it to the whole country when it's a friggin' city, for gosh sakes! Don't even compare it to a state. Compare it to another city. You won't find it to be so different.
And if you don't like it, then MOVE! |
Anonymous
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/14/2010-06-14_you_betcha_theres_a_bunch_of_em_here_news_finds_wide_streak_of_conservatives_in_.html A huge tea party following in NYC. I bet you couldn't find a single tea partier in DC, for fear of being called..."RACIST". The famous liberal outcry. It's funny, liberals can use the "move" argument but if a conservative ever said "America, love it or leave it" they're a xenophobe.. |
Anonymous
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the whole premise of the OP is ridiculous-- Obama is at about 50% approval rating and Congressional Dems are still favored over Republicans (http://www.gallup.com/tag/Congress.aspx).
If you had to rank them in descending order of popularity it would probably go Obama, Congressional Dems, and Congressional Reps., so maybe it's the OP who's living in an echo-chamber. |
Anonymous
Big deal. It's a poll asking who calls themselves Tea Partiers. It's not a presidential approval poll. Plus it shows 21% support in the city -- even if you equate it one to one, it's far from "crushing." But the reality is that comparing two polls that measure different things is not particularly rigorous and you'd be laughed out of even the most conservative social science graduate programs for doing that. You need to be more adept with google. And yes, I'm telling you to move if you don't like it. I spent most of my life being told to love America or leave it as if I were some kind of bomb-throwing Communist. Now it's your turn. If you don't like politics in the District, don't live there. If you don't like where this country is heading, leave and go to....hmmmm...where is that other advanced industrialized wealthy country that has even fewer social programs and lower taxes than the United States? Oh, that's right it doesn't exist! Maybe the Cayman Islands will take you in. |