RGA releases Zogby poll: Only 43% nationwide (including only 37% Independent) say they would re-elect Obama

(earthtimes).The Republican Governors Association released the results of a poll today that show only 42% of voters in competitive 2010 gubernatorial races would vote to re-elect President Obama. This is roughly the same amount of support each of the candidates who Obama backed in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races recently received from voters.

In addition, only 43 percent of voters nationwide say they would re-elect President Obama, including just 37 percent of Independent voters, according to the Zogby International/O’Leary Report Poll.

The Zogby/O’Leary Poll asked:

If the presidential election were held next month, would you vote to re-elect President Obama or would it be time for someone new in the White House?

Just 42 percent of Americans who voted in the 2008 presidential election, and who will vote in competitive gubernatorial races next year, would vote to re-elect President Obama. Nearly 45 percent say it is time for someone new in the Oval Office, and 12 percent say it would depend on who runs against Obama.

Only 43 percent of Americans who voted in the 2008 presidential election say they would vote to re-elect Obama – ten percent fewer votes than the President received on Election Day last year. Forty-five percent say it is time for someone new to be president. Eleven percent say that their vote for-or-against President Obama would depend on who is running against him, and one percent are not sure.

Among Independent voters, only 37 percent say they would vote to re-elect Obama. Forty-six percent say it is time for someone new, and 17 percent of Independents say it would depend on who is running against Obama.

In addition, a majority of Americans do not trust President Obama to get legislation passed that would create jobs in 2010.

Almost 42 percent of voters in competitive 2010 gubernatorial races say they do not trust the Obama administration “at all” to get job-creating legislation passed, while just 28 percent trust the Administration “very much.” An additional 12 percent don’t trust the Administration much to pass such legislation, and only 18 percent trust “somewhat.”

Likewise, 42 percent of voters nationwide say they do not trust the Obama White House “at all” to pass laws that create jobs, and an additional 11 percent do not trust the Obama administration much to get such laws passed. Only 28 percent say they trust the President’s administration “very much” to accomplish this task, and an additional 18 percent say they trust it “somewhat.”

“We saw how President Obama’s popularity is sinking in the recent Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections, where not much more than 40 percent of voters in each of those two states voted for the Obama-backed candidate,” said Governor Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governors Association.