(Graphic designed by C. Denning)
With ten months now in the White House, just how do San Diegan voters feel about President Obama’s job performance and policy/political agenda? The well-respected Field Research Corporation just released a statewide opinion poll today which included a breakout of San Diego County respondents. According to the poll:
* San Diegan voters are significantly less supportive (48% approve/43% disapprove) of Obama’s handling of the U.S. economy than overall state voters (60% approve/35% disapprove). Only one other region was less supportive of Obama’s economic leadership – Orange County (40% approve/56% disapprove).
* Though a majority of San Diegans support the president’s handling of foreign policy issues (54%), more are opposed to it (36%) than California voters overall (29%).
* More San Diegan voters support Obama’s health reform package than state voters, but with less intensity. Among the SD electorate, 25% “approve strongly” and 32% “approve somewhat,” versus 28% approve strongly and 25% approve somewhat among Californians at large.
*Like California voters overall, less than a majority of San Diegans approve of Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan (48% approve in CA vs. 47% in SD).