Polls: Biden Appears to Be a Liability for Obama
The Washington Post reports that Vice President Joe Biden appears to be a political liability for President Barack Obama:
Almost every recent poll has
shown Biden’s numbers at a low point, with more voters viewing him
unfavorably than viewing him in a positive light — though in most cases,
it’s only by a few points.Biden’s favorable rating, which was well into the 50s when he and
Obama won the 2008 election and took office in 2009, has fallen to
around 40 percent in most polls. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll
recently pegged his favorable rating at 35 percent (37 percent
negative), while a Fox News poll showed the split at 41 percent
favorable and 44 percent unfavorable.Also, swing state polls conducted recently by Purple Strategies showed
Biden has an even more negative image in the four states tested —
Colorado, Florida, Ohio and Virginia. In the four combined, his
favorable rating was 41 percent and his unfavorable rating was 48
percent. ...
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according to a recent Pew Research poll. The Pew poll — the one recent
poll that actually had Biden’s favorable rating higher than his
unfavorable rating — shows Biden’s favorable rating with those making
less than $30,000 a year is 40 percent. Even among Hispanics, whom
Biden seemed to hit it off with at the National Council of La Raza
conference, his favorable rating is 38 percent.
