More bad news for Democrats today, as the latest Associated Press poll finds opposition to ObamaCare at a new high and approval of Barack Obama at a new low. It’s the latest blow to the left heading into the November midterms, and it gives Republicans even more hope of reclaiming wide swaths of Congress.

Just 49 percent of people now approve of the job Obama’s doing overall, and less than that — 44 percent — like the way he’s handled health care and the economy. Last September, Obama hit a low of 50 percent in job approval before ticking a bit higher. His high-water mark as president was 67 percent in February of last year, just after he took office.

The news is worse for other Democrats. For the first time this year, about as many Americans approve of congressional Republicans as Democrats — 38 percent to 41 percent — and neither has an edge when it comes to the party voters want controlling Congress. Democrats also have lost their advantage on the economy; people now trust both parties equally on that, another first in 2010.

Gallup actually has Republicans up by four percent on the Congressional ballot. The numbers on ObamaCare are even more dismal.

Adding to Democratic woes, people have grown increasingly opposed to the health care overhaul in the weeks since it became law; 50 percent now oppose it, the most negative measure all year. People also have a dim view of the economy though employers have begun to add jobs, including 162,000 in March. Just as many people rated the economy poor this month — 76 percent — as did last July.

Democrats hoped ObamaCare would become more popular after passage, with Bill Clinton even insisting Obama’s personal approval would shoot up ten percent immediately and even higher as time went on. Not so much.

As for the poor economy rating, that may have something to do with the stagnant 9.7% unemployment rate, and an even higher underemployment rate, in the face of record deficits and federal debts.

And it could get worse for Democrats: One-third of those surveyed consider themselves tea party supporters, and three-quarters of those people are overwhelmingly Republicans or right-leaning independents. That means they are more likely to vote with the GOP in this fall’s midterms, when energized base voters will be crucial amid the typical low turnout of a non-presidential election year.

Dude. One-third of surveyed voters consider themselves supporters of the tea party? No wonder Democratic operatives are planning to infiltrate tea parties and paint the attendees as racists.

Via HAH.