43% Would Vote to Reelect Obama

by 158 | October 16, 2009 at 07:58 am

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In what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters say that they would vote to re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today, down from 52 percent six months ago, from April 22-23, 2009.

Obama's job approval rating comes in at 49 percent this week.

Actually this is very good.

If 43 percent now would

vote to reelect president

Obama, not knowing who

be running against him, it

is very likely he would win

reelection easily. Yet the election

is three years away and a lot

could happen by then.

On Afghanistan, 41 percent of Americans say they approve of the job Obama is doing and 43 percent disapprove. For his handling of Iran, 44 percent approve and 43 percent disapprove.

These two wars could be Obama's

biggest problems. If Iraq improves

Bush will get the credit. But then

Afghanistan will get worse unless

more troops are sent and either way

Obama will be blamed.

On the president's handling of the economy, voters are almost equally split: 48 percent approve and 49 percent disapprove. On health care, some 42 percent approve of the president's performance and half disapprove, 50 percent.

These numbers will change

as Obama's policies become

law and begin to affect the

economy and the lives of

voters. If the economy improves,

so will his approval numbers.

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