Base Support for Obama is Fading

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Even the base of the Democratic Party is getting fed up with this wimp:

Poll: Obama fading with base voters

By TIM MAK | 9/7/11 12:09 PM EDT

President Barack Obama’s base is showing some of the lowest approval ratings for his policies since he was elected in 2008, says a new poll.

Among those who voted for Obama, 70 percent now support his handling of the economy, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday. That’s down from 79 percent in October 2010.

Looking only at those who are registered Democrats, only 60 percent approve of the president’s handling of the economy, a substantial drop from the 74 percent who backed him in March. Only 32 percent of Democrats currently believe that the country is headed in the right direction, the poll found.

Obama also performed relatively poorly among self-identified liberals - 69 percent approve of the job he is doing as president, which ties a record low from July 2011.

Another dramatic change is that only 47 percent percent of voters under 30 years of age approved of the president’s overall job performance, the first time this figure has dropped below 50 percent since his election. This group supported Obama by around two-to-one in 2008.


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