Gallup has a poll of attitudes about the Obama Presidency, dated today. More than twice as many voters strongly disapprove of Obama (39%) as approve of him (17%). Looking only at the responses of Republicans, the strong disapproves (75%) are almost seven times the strong approves (11%). No surprise in those numbers.
Among Independents, the strong disapproves (39%) are over three times the strong approves (11%). Only among Democrats does Obama do relatively well, strong approves (38%) outnumber strong disapproves (9%) four to one.
Obama's strong approves among Democrats have fallen from 57% in early 2011 to 38% today. The president has lost a third of the strong approvers within his own party.
COTTonLINE believes the other real news in this poll is that Independents, who often decide elections in this divided nation, oppose Obama by 54% to 39%. That is, by double digits. A little over two months before the election in early November, those numbers can't make Democrats happy.
