DANG THOSE BIASED POLLSTERS....:

Poll: Democrats Losing Support of Blue-Collar Voters: There is also rising concern over Obama’s handling of national security (Kenneth T. Walsh, March 15, 2010, US News)

Nearly 50 percent of likely voters may be ready to cast a protest vote against the Democrats on the economy, and that number could exceed 70 percent among white blue-collar men, according to a new survey by Democracy Corps, a Democratic-oriented opinion research group affiliated with prominent party strategists including pollster Stan Greenberg, who advised President Bill Clinton. The survey also finds that progressives are losing the support of many blue-collar and noncollege voters as national Democrats appear to be more interested in the economic success of "elites" rather than everyday people. The analysis, based on polling and focus groups conducted in January and late February, finds a widening gap "between the hopes of the new progressive base voters who created a progressive majority in the country in the last four years—African-Americans and Latinos, young voters and unmarried women—and their own experiences in this economic crisis—loss of employment, wages, and healthcare, and cutbacks in state services." The danger for the Democrats in this fall's elections is that these people will become "drop-off voters" who cast ballots in 2008 but don't vote in 2010.