Washington Post/ABC News: Obama leads every Republican, despite weak approvals

[Tender Branson]

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president? Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?

47% Approve
50% Disapprove

Overall, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Barack Obama? Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?

52% Favorable
45% Unfavorable

As you may know, Obama has announced that he is running for re-election in 2012. Would you say you will definitely vote for him, you’ll consider voting for him, or you definitely will not vote for him?

28% Definitely Will
25% Will Consider
45% Definitely Won't

2012 Match-Ups among ADULTS:

49-45 Obama vs. Romney
50-44 Obama vs. Huckabee
51-39 Obama vs. Bachmann
52-40 Obama vs. Trump
53-38 Obama vs. Pawlenty
54-39 Obama vs. Gingrich
55-38 Obama vs. Palin

2012 Match-Ups among REGISTERED VOTERS:

49-45 Obama vs. Romney
50-44 Obama vs. Huckabee
52-39 Obama vs. Trump
52-39 Obama vs. Pawlenty
52-38 Obama vs. Bachmann
54-39 Obama vs. Gingrich
56-37 Obama vs. Palin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_04172011.html

[Eraserhead]

Virtually no difference between adults and registered voters? Eh...

[Emperor]

This 45% Definitely Won't is what the Dems should really worry about...

[Niemeyerite]

This 45% Definitely Won't is what the Dems should really worry about...

He can win with 55% of the vote

[Dgov]

This 45% Definitely Won't is what the Dems should really worry about...

He can win with 55% of the vote

Its odd that 45% say that will certainly not vote to re-elect him, but Romney is the only Republican to actually win even that much support against him.

[Eraserhead]

45% say they "definitely won't"... but only until the the actual (horrendous) alternatives are placed in front of them.

[DrScholl]

45% is close to what the Republican percentage in 2008 was, so the number isn't that troublesome in you think about it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Given how polarized the electorate is, the 45% doesn't really surprise me. I suspect that any President of either party, no matter how popular, would run into the same wall at this point.

[pbrower2a]

This 45% Definitely Won't is what the Dems should really worry about...

"Definitely won't vote" will include people who won't vote for the Republican, either. Extreme illustration: if Sarah Palin should be the nominee and makes a fool of herself (or is shown as such) on foreign policy and military issues, then there will be people who waste a vote for a third-party alternative (let's say the Constitution Party or Libertarian party alternative) or else don't vote at all. This, I believe, would be especially troublesome on the states now 'marginally' Southern -- Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, and Georgia -- for the republicans. The Republican nominee who loses even one of those states with a large number of electoral votes loses because there is no reasonable alternative to them as "Red" states.     

All of those "marginally Southern" states have large African-American populations. Between blacks, Hispanics who have no use for Hard Right economics or social policies (largely in Florida)  such liberal whites as there are, and a large chunk of white moderates who might find some of the extreme positions of elected Republicans insufferable or even abominable, President Obama might have an easy win in 2012. If the political geography looks anything like 2008, then he wins at least as strongly. 
   

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I hope the GOP puts up anyone that isn't Mike Huckabee, Mike Huckabee seems to be the more reasonable and likeable person and would be the most difficult to define.  The others Trump with the Bither issue and Palin and Romney have considerable weaknesses.

[Mehmentum]

I hope the GOP puts up anyone that isn't Mike Huckabee, Mike Huckabee seems to be the more reasonable and likeable person and would be the most difficult to define.  The others Trump with the Bither issue and Palin and Romney have considerable weaknesses.

I agree that Huckabee might be Obama's most worrysome challanger.  Thankfully, he doesn't appear to be running.