Poll: Vast Majority Do Not Share Obama's Politics

Barack Obama rode the widespread fear following the bank collapses of 2008 to the White House. 53#% of American voters put aside doubts of little experience and no major accomplishments to elect the first-term Senator from Illinois. Under ordinary circumstances, it appears that Obama would not even be considered a viable candidate. Instead, he rode these factors into the White House.

But how many people actually consider themselves ideological kin with the President? Sure, there are many Californians driving Priuses or Subarus with Obama/Biden stickers still prominently displayed but what about the voters in non-liberal regions?

The answer: not many.

Apparently many people like Obama's personality or promise but not his actual ideological background. Further, much of the Democrats' tactics boil down to scaring people about the GOP.

Only 24% of Americans stated in a recent Rasmussen poll that they agree with Obama's politics. While a majority (54%) said that Obama was more liberal than them! Believe it or not, 13% said he was more conservative than they were.

The number who see the president as more liberal than they are stayed at 57% in three-out-of-four previous surveys conducted since August of last year. That number climbed to 61% in late February. The number who view the president as more conservative ranged from nine percent (9%) to 12% in that same period.

The number of voters who say they share about the same political views as the president ties the lowest result measured since August and, interestingly, compares exactly with the number who say the same of Congress. Only 24% of voters hold about the same ideological views as the average Republican member of Congress, and another 24% feel that way about the views of the average Democratic congressman.

So we have a majority seeing him out of their own personal politics-- let's see how they vote next year.


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