Reassuring Signs for Obama in Pennsylvania
A new Quinnipiac poll in Pennsylvania finds President Obama in decent shape heading into the 2012 campaign, with improving approval numbers and strong support for his recent deal with Republicans on tax cuts.
Pennsylvanians now narrowly approve of President Obama's job performance 44% to 43%, the first time since March 2009 that he has had positive net approval in the state. There is also overwhelming support for the tax cut deal, 69% to 24%, with independents providing a stronger level of support than Republicans or Democrats, 72% to 20%.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/12/16/reassuring_signs_for_obama_in_pennsylvania.htmlBy an overwhelming 69 - 24 percent, Pennsylvania voters approve of the tax deal that President Barack Obama had negotiated with congressional Republican leaders.
President Obama has a split 44 - 43 percent approval rating in the Keystone State, and would defeat an unnamed Republican in 2012 by 41 - 37 percent. Still, voters are split 44 - 45 percent on whether the president deserves a second term in the White House. This compares to a negative 46 - 49 percent approval rating July 14, when Commonwealth voters said 48 - 42 percent Obama did not deserve re-election.
On Obama, 38 percent say he is too liberal, 7 percent too conservative and 45 percent about right.
Among independent voters, the key voting bloc that was heavily Democratic in 2008 and just as strongly Republican this November, voters are split 40 - 40 percent on whether Obama deserves a second term.
On health care, 73 percent of Republicans, but only 42 percent of independents and 22 percent of Democrats, want it repealed.
"Health care remains a highly partisan issue," said Brown.
Although many Democrats in Congress have balked at the tax deal Obama negotiated with the GOP, at least in Pennsylvania rank-in-file Democrats are solidly behind the president on the issue, supporting the deal 66 - 29 percent. Republicans back it 72 - 21 percent while independent voters support it 72 - 20 percent.
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