More voters in 49 of the nation’s 50 states plan to use Election Day to voice opposition to President Obama and his policies than those who want to show support, according to a shocking new poll that suggests the president is hurting Democrats this election season.
The president only has support in his birth state of Hawaii, where 27 percent plan to use their vote to show support versus 23 percent who said they will use Election Day as “a vote against Obama and his policies,” according to the poll published by YouGov.com in conjunction with CBS and the New York Times.
They show a graphic listing of all 50 states and it’s colored mostly brown for a vote against Obama.
Leading the list is Idaho, where 65 percent said they will use their vote to protest the president, compared to 11 percent who want to show their support for him.
The poll could be bad news for some embattled Democrats, like Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor. In his state, 54 percent plan to use their midterm vote as a protest of Obama, just 16 percent a nod of support.
It could also help Republican Ed Gillespie in his uphill effort to defeat Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner. In the commonwealth, the ratio is 42 percent protest to 23 percent support.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
