Much in line with the Associated Press-GfK poll we posted earlier, a USA Today/Gallup poll finds, in a survey conducted Nov. 7-9, that a majority of Americans believe Obama will be able to produce results on 13 of 16 top issues it asked voters about. What is interesting about this analysis is that it gives a rough comparison between Obama and several past Presidents about how he stacks up with the public in the expectations game.
You can get the full list at Gallup, but the top five issues on which Americans believe Obama will be able to achieve results are improving conditions for minorities and the poor (80 percent), increasing respect for the U.S. abroad (76 percent), improving education (71 percent), improving the environment (70 percent) and reducing unemployment (67 percent). The three areas where a majority of Americans said Obama would not succeed is in substantially reducing the federal deficit, avoiding tax increases and controlling illegal immigration.
A separate Gallup posting today
found (predictably, given this honeymoon period) that moderates and liberals overwhelmingly had confidence in Obama's ability to be a good president, he even scored reasonably well among conservatives, with 45 percent expressing confidence and 46 percent disagreeing.
Here is how Gallup said this compared to past Presidents:
- The confidence in Obama on the economy is about the same percentage-wise that Americans had for the last three presidents when they took office: George W. Bush in 2001, Bill Clinton in 1992 and George H.W. Bush in 1988.
- Where Obama outruns his predecessors is on the expectations of how much he will accomplish to improve conditions for minorities. Eighty percent believe Obama will pull achieve that, compared to 44 percent for George W. Bush, 68 percent for Clinton and 39 percent for George H.W. Bush.
- Gallup had posed similar questions about whether Americans thought their new president would reduce unemployment for Clinton in 1992 and Ronald Reagan in 1980, and Obama came out ahead in that category with 67 percent believing he would, compared to 58 percent for Clinton and 47 percent for Reagan.
- Fifty-six percent of Americans don't believe Obama will reduce the deficit, a figure roughly equal to that of Clinton, the first President Bush and Reagan at the outset of their administrations.
- On taxes, where 61 percent say Obama won't be able to avoid raising them, 74 percent said that of Clinton and 68 percent said that of the first President Bush.
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Since I have been watching LOU DOBBS, I have become an advocate for his ideology. The issues that concern me is the corruption that we face every day from Washington. That's why I took full membership in JUDICIAL WATCH. They are a legal team an organization made up of lawyers, investigators, and concerned citizens." It was established in 1994 "to serve as an ethical and legal watchdog over our government, legal, and judicial systems. This legal group is very pro-sovereignty, anti-illegal immigration and works to protect American workers and the legal population.
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Posted by: Brittanicus
| November 12, 2008 2:40 PM
I wouldn't have commented on this article but I felt I should respond to Brittanicus' ad for Judicial Watch.
I joined Judicial Watch months ago to receive their newsletters because they said they are non-partisan for their non-profit status. Since then I have emailed them at least 3 times (with no response) and contacted them by telephone on as many newsletters for their coverage not being non-partisan. They will report on one topic for one party and never will you see the issue raised in the same instance for the other. It doesn't take many newsletters to see they have an agenda. I also reported them to the IRS for this.
Judicial Watch is PROPAGANDA hiding under a non-partisan non-profit label.
Posted by: beresh
| November 13, 2008 11:08 AM
Dr. Tantillo, who blogs from a branding perspective, blogged last month about the difficulty--and importance--of Obama staying true to his brand.
"President Obama will need to continually listen to the electorate, respond to the pragmatic core and the center. Real marketing —i.e., knowing your Target Market and its needs— will preserve the promise of the candidacy from the rigors of the presidency."
http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv/2008/11/09/brand-winners-barack-obama--retail.aspx
Posted by: brock
| December 5, 2008 12:47 PM
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