Obama's Pork Store: Public support for Pork Bill plunges 8% in a week

January 29, 4:40 PMDC Republican ExaminerBill Dupray

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It had less than 50% support last week and is falling fast. We went from and 11 point spread down to 3 in a week.

From Rasmussen.

Forty-two percent (42%) of the nation’s likely voters now support the president’s plan, roughly one-third of which is tax cuts with the rest new government spending. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 39% are opposed to it and 19% are undecided. Liberal voters overwhelmingly support the plan while conservatives are strongly opposed.

Last week, support for the President’s plan was at 45% and opposition at 34%.

The bad news for the libs is that the support for the plan among Independents dropped a stunning 24 percent.

However, support among unaffiliated voters has fallen. A week ago, unaffiliateds were evenly divided on the plan, with 37% in favor and 36% opposed. Now, 50% of unaffiliated voters oppose the plan while only 27% favor it.

The survey was obviously taken almost entirely before the House vote last night and before a lot of the sordid details of the plan started to emerge. With only 42% of voters approving of the bill, that means a good percentage of those who voted for Obama oppose his plan. When we have no Republicans voting for it and support of Independents going into the toilet, one has to wonder when the Dems will realize they are on extremely thin electoral ice. 

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