GQR Poll: Obama & Democrats Collapsing; GOP Leads by 11

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These charts  – by Democratic pollster Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner for Citizen Opinion – are quite stunning. They show an electorate that seemed to be seeing economic improvement – at least until a few months ago. Since reaching their most optimistic point around May however, voters seem to have soured on the state of the economy. They have now turned against the president on his handling of the economy, and his agenda overall:

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The practical implications of these abysmal numbers are relatively plain, but let’s look at the conclusion drawn by pollster GQR Research:

    As noted, the Democrats may see trouble this fall because of the direction of these real economic indicators.  Voters now give the Republicans a 49 to 36 percent advantage on handling the economy, the worst for Democrats in all of our polling.

    For the first time in our tracking, a majority of 54 percent believes that President Obama’s economic policies have done nothing to relieve the recession and run up a record deficit; just 39 percent that believe his administration’s efforts averted a worse crisis. This is not consistent with the administration’s argument about economic success.

    When asked about the vote in November, 52 percent plan to vote Republican to protest the direction of the economy – 11 points more than voting Democratic to not jeopardize the recovery.

An 11 point Republican advantage is as large a GOP edge as any recent poll, and significantly higher than the current RCP average. The usual caveats apply: polls make errors; the election is several months away; things can change, etc. However, if this poll is accurate, expect a huge change in Washington in November.

Update: UnlikelyVoter points out that poll respondents now seem to be lying about whom they voted for in 2008. Has buyer’s remorse gotten that serious?

http://www.libertycentral.org/gqr-poll-obama-gop-leads-by-11-2010-08