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Want to know how far Joe Lieberman has fallen in the wake of the health care vote last month? Barack Obama’s approval rating with Connecticut Republicans is higher than Lieberman’s with the state’s Democrats.
81% of Democrats now disapprove of Lieberman’s job performance with only 14% approving, and he’s not real popular with Republicans who disapprove of him by a 48/39 margin or with independents who do so by a 61/32 spread either. It all adds up to a 25% approval rating with 67% of his constituents giving him bad marks.
Lieberman managed to antagonize both sides with his actions during the health care debate. Among voters who support the health care bill 87% disapprove of how Lieberman handled it with only 10% supporting it. But by voting for the final product after getting it watered down he also managed to earn the unhappiness of constituents opposed to the bill, 52% of whom say they disapprove of what Lieberman did to 33% in support.
Overall just 19% of voters in the state say they like what Lieberman did on the issue with 68% opposed.
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