My title is apropos the latest Daily Kos/PPP/SEIU poll, which showed an ugly drop from last week.
The poll shows a week over week shift from a +5 51-46 favorability rating to a -5 45-50 favorability rating. If you look at breakdowns linked above they show that his favorability with women dropped from a +12 54-42 to a +7 51-44 rating during that period and that the bigger hit came from men, where he went from a -1 48-49 favorability rating to a -17 39-56 rating.
Now it also shows that his biggest drop was among Democrats where he went from a +72 85-13 favorability rating to a +63 79-16 favorability rating whereas with Republicans he went from a -71 13-84 favorability rating to -76 10-86 favorability rating and Independents had the least movement, going from a -1 47-48 rating to a -4 45-49 rating.
But where it gets really interesting is that his rating by liberals stayed flat at +75 going from 86-11 to 87-12. Among moderates he took a bit of a hit going from +27 61-34 to +20 57-37. But where he takes the major hit is among a group that was giving him very little support to begin with - conservatives. Among conservatives he went from a -52 23 -75 favorability rating -69 14-83 rating.
The other place he took a big hit was among Whites, going from a -13 42-55 rating to a -25 35-60 rating, a 12 point plunge. In contrast Blacks fell more modestly from a +79 89-10 rating to a +73 85 -12 rating and Hispanic approval actually went up substantially from a +22 59-37 rating to a +41 67-26 rating.
So, to sum up, it appears that President Obama is in trouble with white, male, moderate to conservative Democrats and Independants - fucking Blue Dogs! Who woulda thought it.
Anyone here have any good suggestions for how the President can win the Blue Dog vote back?