Plurality in Florida Believe Obama Does Not Deserve Re-Election

 Barack Obama won Florida by less than three points in 2008 in the middle of a very Democrat-favorable year. His narrow defeat of John McCain there put his reelection chances in some doubt as the state is set to gain electoral votes before the 2012 race. The bad news for the White House is that it appears that they have some groundwork to get to if they want to win the state again.

A poll done by Quinnipiac shows that President Obama does not exactly start on favorable ground. This comes just three months after Republican Marco Rubio was elected to the Senate and a GOP governor was selected by the state.

Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,160 registered voters with a sampling error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

First, his approval ratings:

Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 49%
Other/und: 4%

And it does not get better from there. Faith in Obama for another term has slid as well:

Does deserve re-election: 45%
Does not: 48%
Other/und: 7%

And if he is placed against an unnamed Republican opponent, he is losing:

Barack Obama: 40%
Generic Republican: 42%
Other/und: 18%

If you take a look at the differences in the electorate, you can tell that there has been a conservative shift in the state. Many who voted for Obama in 2008 appear unwilling to do so again, especially after the 2010 midterm elections.

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