A new poll commissioned by the Dallas Morning News shows President Obama’s approval rating three points higher than the state’s current Governor, Republican Rick Perry, after his failed run for the presidency. Obama’s approval is 43 percent, while Perry is at 40.
Obama’s disapproval rating is higher in the heavily Republican Texas — 47 percent don’t like the job he’s doing as President as opposed to the 40 percent who are disappointed in Perry.
“It’s clear it’s hurt him,” said Mark Jones, a Rice University political science professor said of Perry in the paper. “He’s been seen as a really savvy politician with an aura of invincibility, and all that’s been diminished.”
