The Homa Files

The refrain that ‘Obama is still personally popular’ is repeated so often — especially in the mainstream media — that it’s treated as a universal truth.

Unfortunately (for Obama) the facts don’t support the contention.

Based on the latest WSJ-NBC poll :

• 47% of people feel positively towards Obama … 29% very positively
• The 47% is down from 64% on Inauguration Day
• 41% of people feel negatively towards Obama … 27% very negatively
• The 41% is up from 19% on Inauguration Day

My take:

• People started out liking him, but …
• Less than half now feel positively towards the guy
• Numbers correlate pretty well with his job approval

Question: how would you feel if half the people who knew you felt negatively about you ?

Bummed, right ?

So why do the pundits keep saying he’s one popular dude ?

I must be missing something …

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJNBCPoll09282010.pdf

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