PA GOP:  Obama Approval Rating Tanks in Pennsylvania

Obama’s Pennsylvania Problem Indicative of a Nationwide Problem

Harrisburg, PA –The Republican Party of Pennsylvania released the following statement regarding the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll that found that 54% of Pennsylvanians disapprove of President Obama’s job performance.

“The fact that President Obama’s numbers continue to tank in Pennsylvania is indicative of a very important trend,” Communications Director Valerie Caras said.

“Our Commonwealth has bustling cities, small-town rural communities and everything in between and candidates must appeal to a diverse electorate with many different interests to win statewide. What polls like this mean is that our diverse electorate – the rural farmer, the city businessman, the college student, the union employee, the working class mom –are putting their political differences aside and are coming together to agree on one thing: President Obama has failed and we need new leadership in the White House.

“A growing coalition of Republicans, Democrats and Independents are becoming more and more fed up with President Obama’s massive government spending, takeovers, bailouts, and now, his failed leadership  on the debt crisis when our country needed it the most.  This discussion goes beyond Republican versus Democrat; in 2012, we’ll be in a fight to reclaim our country.

“The Republican Party of Pennsylvania stands ready to join all Pennsylvanians to fire Barack Obama next year,” continued Caras.

Read the full results of Quinnipiac University’s poll here.

More Pennsylvanians disapprove of Obama

Coming off a bitter partisan struggle over raising the nation’s debt limit, 54 percent of Pennsylvanians disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing overall as president compared to 43 percent who approve. Close to the same number do not believe Obama deserves re-election. The results are from a Quinnipiac University poll of 1,358 statewide voters released Tuesday morning.…It’s important to note that all of these numbers for Obama are much lower than they were when Quinnipiac asked voters these questions in June.

(Itkowitz, Colby. More Pennsylvanians disapprove of Obama. The Morning Call. August 2, 2011)

Obama’s approval dives in PA

President Obama’s approval numbers have taken a hit in swing-state Pennsylvania, the latest Quinnipiac University survey out this morning shows. Just 43 percent of voters approve of the job he’s doing, while 54 percent disapprove, according to the survey, which is a slip from his June numbers.

(Haberban, Maggie. Obama’s approval dives in PA. Politico. August 2, 2011)

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