Poll: 71% "Regret" Backing Obama in 2012

 

Nearly three-fourths of voters who voted for President Obama in 2012 wish they hadn’t, a new Economist/YouGov.com poll finds. But are these numbers as bad as they seem? Let’s take a look.
From The Examiner:

The poll asked those who voted for Obama's reelection a simple question: “Do you regret voting for Barack Obama?” 

— Overall, 71 percent said yes, 26 percent no.

— 80 percent of whites said yes, 61 percent of blacks said no and 100 percent of Hispanics said yes.

— 84 percent of women said yes, and just 61 percent of men agreed.

— 55 percent of Democrats said yes, as did 71 percent of independents.

Still, given the choice of Obama versus Romney, Obama supporters said they would stick with their guy, 79 percent to 10 percent for Romney.

At first blush, these numbers must be very difficult for Democrats to swallow. (Incidentally, I had to take a second look at the actual poll itself to double-check that “100 percent” of Hispanics regretted voting for Team Obama in 2012. They did). But perhaps these numbers aren’t really as bad as they seem; after all, according to the poll, 79 percent of respondents said they would vote for Barack Obama again if the presidential election were held today. In other words, nearly 8 in 10 Obama backers would not change how they voted in 2012.

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