Why don't you go ahead and consider Quinnipiac's latest numbers a continuation of these data points we highlighted last week. The midterm elections were a rejection of the president, his party, and his agenda -- and non-voters are on board with that repudiation:
American voters give Obama a negative 39 - 54 percent approval rating, close to his lowest-ever 38 - 57 percent score in a December 10, 2013, Quinnipiac University poll. Democrats and voters under 30 years old are the only party, gender or age groups who approve of the president. Only 42 percent of American voters trust Obama more than Republicans in Congress to do what is best for the nation, while 47 percent trust Republicans more. It's good for the country that Republicans have taken over control of the U.S. Senate, voters say 51 - 37 percent, but 67 percent of voters expect more gridlock in the next two years. Gridlock will be Obama's fault, 44 percent of voters say, as 42 percent would blame Republicans. "American voters are happy the Republicans have the ball, but don't feel confident there will be a lot of scoring on the deal-making front," Malloy said. "If that's the case, the numbers say blame will fall on Obama as much as Republicans.
Americans are glad the GOP took the Senate, they trust Congressional Republicans more than Obama on pursuing our national interests, and they're poised to blame the president slightly more for the expected resulting gridlock. Obamacare support remains underwater by double digits (40/54), while a slim plurality (48/46) favors full repeal of the law. Fully 75 percent of respondents say they expect the new Congress will attempt to repeal Obamacare. Meanwhile, even as this polling series has consistently showed much stronger backing for fully or mostly legal abortion (compared to other pollsters' numbers on the question), the American people still overwhelmingly favor a ban on almost all abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy, with virtually no gender gap on the question:
Barack Obama and his extremist party adamantly oppose this consensus, mainstream, humane measure. And on the red-hot immigration issue, the White House can take solace in the fact that although Obama's executive order is underwater in this survey, it's a closer margin than previous polling has found. Part of that may be a result of the question wording framing things as both (a) an issue of Congressional inaction, which is straight out of Obama's hymnal, and (b) a hypothetical scenario, which, um, it's not. Nevertheless, the percentage of Americans who believe that most illegal immigrants should have access to a path to citizenship has fallen considerably, and is now tied with the combined "no path to citizenship" and "deportation" camps. No worries, Emperor Barack can just continue to "take action to change the law," and make everything better. Seems legit:
