Are Obama's Poll Numbers Tanking?

Are we seeing the general public coming to terms with who this President is?

The budget fight these past couple weeks have brought the country’s attention to how D.C. works…and they are not impressed. Poll numbers for both Congress and Mr. Obama’s ability to the run the country are dropping. For Congress, this is actually dropping after a short period of resurgence after Republicans took over last fall.

But on its three day rolling average, Gallup is now showing Mr. Obama at an all time low 41%. His disapproval rating hit a peak of 50%. RealClearPolitics tally has him at a -4.7, with an approval of 45.3%. Those are not good re-election numbers.

A Marist poll echoes those sentiments. That poll, which was skewed toward Democrats to begin with (giving Democrats an 8 point edge, which is larger than what Obama beat McCain by in 2008) showed Obama weakening. Only 70% of Democrats strongly favor re-election. The poll shows 44% – a plurality – will not support Mr. Obama under any situation, while 37% state they will definitely vote for him. And what of Independents, you might ask…

The president continues to struggle with those all-important independent voters. 47% of these voters say they don’t plan on casting their ballot for Obama while 32% do. 21% are unsure. In the fall, half — 50% — believed they would back another candidate while three in ten — 30% — reported they would support the incumbent president. 20% were unsure. (Continue Reading)