Wondering about how Obama is faring for re-election? Here are a pair of snapshots to ponder.
From ImpreMedia on the Latino vote:
Despite the dire situation of the economy and the lack of immigration solutions, President Barack Obama’s approval rating among Latino voters increased again to 70% after decreasing in mid-2010. But that support does not translate into automatic votes for 2012.
The second part of a poll conducted by impreMedia and Latino Decisions (LD) also reveals that, although Latino voters will not automatically vote for Obama—only 43% are sure they will vote for him next year—doubts about the president and the Democrats are not turning into support for the Republicans.
Gee, I wonder what Republicans have done to alienate Latinos (today). And the DREAM act?
Back then, the White House made an effort to increase communication with Latinos. Although the bill failed, Latinos still give Obama the benefit of the doubt regarding the economy and immigration.
And here's one I
really enjoy, given the media sponsor, Fox news. From
Mother Jones :
Fox's bipartisan pollsters found that Obama would defeat Jeb Bush by a whopping 20-point margin, 54 percent to 34 percent. That's a healthy gain for Obama since last September, when the same pollsters put Obama ahead 45 percent to 37 percent. The Fox poll results, then, throw some cold water on all the Jeb hype of late, suggesting that Jeb might be smarter to look to 2016 rather than 2012.
Unfortunately for the Republicans, the rest of the party's possible presidential field didn't fare much better against Obama. The Fox poll shows Obama beating Mitt Romney by 7 percentage points, Mike Huckabee by eight, and Newt Gingrich by 20. The only possible GOP candidate whose loss margin is greater than Bush's or Gingrich's? Sarah Palin, who the poll finds would get trounced by Obama by 21 points, 56 to 35.
The full poll (.pdf) is
here .