Monday, February 01, 2016

Emanuel job approval hits record low as Chicagoans reject McDonald video explanation


The Chicago Tribune reports:
Only 27 percent of Chicagoans approve of his job performance, while a record 63 percent disapprove. The poll was conducted by Research America Inc., featuring live landline and cellphone interviews with 985 registered city voters from Jan. 20-28. It has an error margin of 3.2 percentage points.

The mayor's job approval is down by nearly half from a poll conducted in March 2015, when Emanuel was locked in a runoff election with Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. At that time, 52 percent of voters approved of Emanuel's job performance while 33 percent disapproved. The mayor's previous low job-approval rating was 35 percent in August 2014, as he prepared his re-election bid.
Is Barack Obama an Uncle Tom for not condemning Mayor Rahm Emanuel? Will Hillary and Barack "encourage" Rahm to step down before the 2016 election when Rahm could become a symbol of white racism for Republicans to run against?