Saturday, November 05, 2011

Obama under water in Maine

PPP reports:
Barack Obama's approval numbers are under water even in Maine, where he won by an 18 point margin in 2008. Now 47% of voters there think he's doing a good job to 48% who disapprove. His biggest issue in the state is a lower than usual 75/17 standing with Democratic voters. He's also slightly under water with independents at 46/49.

Maine makes 8 states PPP has polled on in the last few months that Obama won by at least 9 points in 2008 where he now has negative approval numbers: Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and now Maine. It speaks to the struggles he's having even in states that weren't exactly in the toss up category the last time around.
Ouch.