(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).
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Keep in mind that the number of San Diegans polled is only about 100.
The best test for how san diegans think about Obama will be voter registration over the next year. Democrats surged last year… lets see what happens this year? Am I right?