Americans respond with “say what” to Obama’s 2 million jobs saved claim

The President keeps telling us that the only reason people aren’t supporting his policies is because he hasn’t spent enough time explaining them.  One problem with this is that the more time goes by, the more Americans simply don’t believe their President is telling the truth.

Rasmussen Reports shows that most Americans simply don’t believe the President’s claims:

The president in the speech declared that his administration has cut taxes for 95% of Americans. He even chided Republicans for not applauding on that point. However, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that taxes have been cut for 95% of Americans. Most (53%) say it has not happened, and 26% are not sure. Other polling shows that nearly half the nation’s voters expect their own taxes to go up during the Obama years.

The president also asserted that “after two years of recession, the economy is growing again.” Just 35% of voters believe that statement is true, while 50% say it is false.

Obama claimed that steps taken by his team are responsible for putting two million people to work “who would otherwise be unemployed.” Just 27% of voters say that statement is true. Fifty-one percent (51%) say it’s false.

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As for the claim about two million jobs, 46% of Democrats say it’s true, while 77% of Republicans say it’s not. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 24% say it’s true, and 59% say it’s false.

The last part is a killer for the President and helps explain what happened in Massachusetts.  Nearly 60% of independent voters don’t believe the President’s claim about putting 2 million people to work.  Not even 50% of Democrats believe the President.

Ed Morrissey of Hot Air has more analysis on voters not believing the President:

The “saved or created” Porkulus fable gets some interesting results in the internals.  Rasmussen mentions that only a plurality of Democrats believe that, and black voters by an even more anemic 38%, with 47% unsure.  The only demographic that has a majority belief in that claim is self-professed liberals, 58% to 18% disbelief.  In every age and income demographic, a majority or plurality reject that claim, including those who make less than $20K a year — where many of the potential hires for new jobs would come.

The numbers get worse for Obama on whether he accomplished what he set out to do in his first year.  An overwhelming majority of 70% say no, including a plurality of Democrats (49%) and liberals (56%).

Many people felt that President Obama would make a turn to the center in his State of the Union address.  Instead, the President simply recycled old campaign promises, and patted himself on the back for accomplishments that most American voters simply don’t believe he has actually accomplished.

As one voter said, President Obama is the greatest recycler on the planet, because he keeps recycling the same campaign promises over and over again.