Independents Sour Further on Obama

A Quinnipiac poll asking, "if the 2012 election for President were being held today, do you think you would vote for Barack Obama the Democratic candidate, or the Republican candidate?" found that 39% of voters would opt for the unnamed Republican challenger. Obama got 36% of the vote, with the majority of his support coming from registered Democrats (79%), blacks (87%) and Hispanics (49%). The poll confirmed that Obama now has a major problem with Independents, who voted 37% to 27% in favor of any Republican challenger and 52% of whom disapprove of the job he is doing. Also, 13% of voters said that it depended on the Republican candidate and 12% were undecided.