If he keeps this up, he'll soon be as low as Pelosi.
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The people responding must be racists. That's the only reason to not approve of BO.
You must be looking at Faux News. The rating depends on the poll. As of 7/1/2009 Gallup shows his approval rating at 63% and disapproval rating at 30%. The 63% is up 3 points from the last poll. the 30% is down 2 points from the last poll.
Obama's approval rating remains steady, poll says.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating among Americans remains steady.
Sixty-one percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday say they approve of how Obama's handling his duties as president. Thirty-seven percent disapprove.
The 61 percent approval rating is down one point from May and down six points from February.
"Since March, Obama's approval rating has gone down one percentage point each month in CNN polls," notes CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "In March it was 64 percent; in April it was 63 percent. Last month his approval rating stood at 62 percent and now it is at 61 percent."
The poll suggests when it comes to opinions of Obama, gender and generation gaps continue.
Sixty-seven percent of women questioned in the survey approve of how Obama's handling his job as president. That number drops to 54 percent among men. Two-thirds of people under 50 years old questioned in the poll approve of the president's handling of his duties. That number drops to 54 percent among people over 50 years of age.
"We saw these same patterns in the exit polls on election night," Holland says. "It looks like the groups who voted heavily for Obama are sticking with him, but the groups in which his vote was lower are starting to drift."
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Friday through Sunday, with 1,026 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating among Americans remains steady.
Sixty-one percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday say they approve of how Obama's handling his duties as president. Thirty-seven percent disapprove.
The 61 percent approval rating is down one point from May and down six points from February.
"Since March, Obama's approval rating has gone down one percentage point each month in CNN polls," notes CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "In March it was 64 percent; in April it was 63 percent. Last month his approval rating stood at 62 percent and now it is at 61 percent."
The poll suggests when it comes to opinions of Obama, gender and generation gaps continue.
Sixty-seven percent of women questioned in the survey approve of how Obama's handling his job as president. That number drops to 54 percent among men. Two-thirds of people under 50 years old questioned in the poll approve of the president's handling of his duties. That number drops to 54 percent among people over 50 years of age.
"We saw these same patterns in the exit polls on election night," Holland says. "It looks like the groups who voted heavily for Obama are sticking with him, but the groups in which his vote was lower are starting to drift."
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Friday through Sunday, with 1,026 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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It all depends on who's reporting it and what poll shows the better headline -- will it get more people if it's steady or will it get more people if it is up or down...The media is starting to turn on him to a degree and he is going to fall out of favor -- when you are in a position like he is it is bound to happen...with that said though, I don't think he is living up to his hype...
quote:Originally posted by AlabamaSon:
You must be looking at Faux News. The rating depends on the poll. As of 7/1/2009 Gallup shows his approval rating at 63% and disapproval rating at 30%. The 63% is up 3 points from the last poll. the 30% is down 2 points from the last poll.
According to Rassmussen (who is the most accurate poll) Obama is falling fast.
You must refer to MSNBC polls
quote:Originally posted by Nobluedog:
Obama's approval rating remains steady, poll says.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll indicates that President Barack Obama's approval rating among Americans remains steady.
Sixty-one percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday say they approve of how Obama's handling his duties as president. Thirty-seven percent disapprove.
The 61 percent approval rating is down one point from May and down six points from February.
"Since March, Obama's approval rating has gone down one percentage point each month in CNN polls," notes CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "In March it was 64 percent; in April it was 63 percent. Last month his approval rating stood at 62 percent and now it is at 61 percent."
The poll suggests when it comes to opinions of Obama, gender and generation gaps continue.
Sixty-seven percent of women questioned in the survey approve of how Obama's handling his job as president. That number drops to 54 percent among men. Two-thirds of people under 50 years old questioned in the poll approve of the president's handling of his duties. That number drops to 54 percent among people over 50 years of age.
"We saw these same patterns in the exit polls on election night," Holland says. "It looks like the groups who voted heavily for Obama are sticking with him, but the groups in which his vote was lower are starting to drift."
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted Friday through Sunday, with 1,026 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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here's one taken yesterday by email
What is your opinion of Barack Obama?
# Favorable
6,175 (17.40%)
# Unfavorable
29,321 (82.60%)
Do you believe Barack Obama is a socialist?
# No, he's not a socialist.
5,459 (15.40%)
# Yes, he's a socialist.
29,997 (84.60%)
Do you believe Republicans are right in describing President Obama as a socialist?
# Agree
29,640 (83.91%)
# Disagree
5,685 (16.09%)
Do you support President Obama's economic policies?
# No
29,589 (83.82%)
# Yes
5,711 (16.18%)
Do you agree with President Obama's plans to radically change our health care system?
# No
28,376 (80.71%)
# Yes
6,783 (19.29%)
Do you believe Obama's economic policies are helping or hurting the economy?
# Helping
5,286 (14.89%)
# Hurting
27,729 (78.13%)
# Neither � keeping things the same
2,475 (6.97%)
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Rasmussen Poll: Obama's Popularity Plunging
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:27 PM
By: Jim Meyers Article Font Size
The latest Rasmussen daily tracking poll shows that President Barack Obama for the first time has a negative approval index — more Americans disapprove of his job performance than approve.
In an exclusive Newsmax interview, pollster Scott Rasmussen also disclosed that, if the economy does not improve over the next year, Obama's numbers will deteriorate even further — and Democrats will suffer in 2010.
See Video: Top pollster Scott Rasmussen talks about Obama’s plummeting popularity - Click Here Now
Rasmussen is founder and CEO of Rasmussen Reports and co-founder of the sports network ESPN. He has been an independent public opinion pollster for over a decade, and most major news organizations cite his reports.
Newsmax.TV's Ashley Martella asked Rasmussen for an overview of the latest tracking poll.
"The raw numbers are pretty straightforward — 31 percent of Americans strongly approve of the way Barack Obama is handling his job, 33 percent strongly disapprove," Rasmussen said.
"Before the last week we never had a circumstance where the number who disapprove outweigh the number who approve. So we're in new territory. Right now the approval index, at minus two, is as low as it's been.
"What we've seen in the last month is a growing number of people who strongly disapprove, and we're seeing it at a time when the president's honeymoon is coming to an end and people are beginning to look at the policies that he's promoting."
The closeness of the approve/disapprove numbers are "yet another indicator of how evenly divided our nation is," he added.
On specific issues, Rasmussen disclosed:
"When we talk about healthcare reform and the proposal the president is talking about, the country is fairly evenly divided. But those who have strong opinions tend to oppose the plan more than support it.
"On the cap-and-trade legislation [to reduce carbon emissions], 42 percent believe it's going to hurt the economy. Only 19 percent believe it's going to help.
"The takeover of General Motors is strongly opposed.
"Right now those things are weighing the president down. What's going to tell over the next year is how the economy performs. If a year from today, GM is doing great and throwing off profits and getting the taxpayers their money back, people will say we were wrong, the president was right, and it's great for him. But if GM is back asking for more bailouts, the president's numbers will be substantially weaker than they are today . . .
"If the economy responds negatively over the next year, it is going to hurt the Democrats in 2010.
"What the passage of legislation will actually do is bring ownership of the economy and economic performance more and more into Barack Obama's camp.
"Just over a month ago, 62 percent of Americans said that no matter what's happened in the last six months, George Bush is still more to blame for the economic mess than Barack Obama. That number fell to 54 percent, and the more of Obama's policies that are put in place, the more the blame or perhaps the credit will shift to the current president."
Rasmussen also found:
# The country is evenly split between those who approve of the way Obama has responded to the disputed elections in Iran and the repression of demonstrations that followed, and those who disapprove and believe he has not been aggressive enough.
# More Americans strongly oppose Obama's healthcare plan than strongly support it.
# About 30 percent of Americans favor a single-payer healthcare system, but a majority will oppose it.
"Americans like the idea of healthcare reform in theory, in the abstract," Rasmussen said.
"Only 35 percent think this system is in good or excellent shape. But people like the coverage they get by themselves. Among the insured, 70 percent say their own coverage is good or excellent. Among all Americans, only 8 percent say their coverage is poor."
Rasmussen Poll: Obama's Popularity Plunging
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:27 PM
By: Jim Meyers Article Font Size
The latest Rasmussen daily tracking poll shows that President Barack Obama for the first time has a negative approval index — more Americans disapprove of his job performance than approve.
In an exclusive Newsmax interview, pollster Scott Rasmussen also disclosed that, if the economy does not improve over the next year, Obama's numbers will deteriorate even further — and Democrats will suffer in 2010.
See Video: Top pollster Scott Rasmussen talks about Obama’s plummeting popularity - Click Here Now
Rasmussen is founder and CEO of Rasmussen Reports and co-founder of the sports network ESPN. He has been an independent public opinion pollster for over a decade, and most major news organizations cite his reports.
Newsmax.TV's Ashley Martella asked Rasmussen for an overview of the latest tracking poll.
"The raw numbers are pretty straightforward — 31 percent of Americans strongly approve of the way Barack Obama is handling his job, 33 percent strongly disapprove," Rasmussen said.
"Before the last week we never had a circumstance where the number who disapprove outweigh the number who approve. So we're in new territory. Right now the approval index, at minus two, is as low as it's been.
"What we've seen in the last month is a growing number of people who strongly disapprove, and we're seeing it at a time when the president's honeymoon is coming to an end and people are beginning to look at the policies that he's promoting."
The closeness of the approve/disapprove numbers are "yet another indicator of how evenly divided our nation is," he added.
On specific issues, Rasmussen disclosed:
"When we talk about healthcare reform and the proposal the president is talking about, the country is fairly evenly divided. But those who have strong opinions tend to oppose the plan more than support it.
"On the cap-and-trade legislation [to reduce carbon emissions], 42 percent believe it's going to hurt the economy. Only 19 percent believe it's going to help.
"The takeover of General Motors is strongly opposed.
"Right now those things are weighing the president down. What's going to tell over the next year is how the economy performs. If a year from today, GM is doing great and throwing off profits and getting the taxpayers their money back, people will say we were wrong, the president was right, and it's great for him. But if GM is back asking for more bailouts, the president's numbers will be substantially weaker than they are today . . .
"If the economy responds negatively over the next year, it is going to hurt the Democrats in 2010.
"What the passage of legislation will actually do is bring ownership of the economy and economic performance more and more into Barack Obama's camp.
"Just over a month ago, 62 percent of Americans said that no matter what's happened in the last six months, George Bush is still more to blame for the economic mess than Barack Obama. That number fell to 54 percent, and the more of Obama's policies that are put in place, the more the blame or perhaps the credit will shift to the current president."
Rasmussen also found:
# The country is evenly split between those who approve of the way Obama has responded to the disputed elections in Iran and the repression of demonstrations that followed, and those who disapprove and believe he has not been aggressive enough.
# More Americans strongly oppose Obama's healthcare plan than strongly support it.
# About 30 percent of Americans favor a single-payer healthcare system, but a majority will oppose it.
"Americans like the idea of healthcare reform in theory, in the abstract," Rasmussen said.
"Only 35 percent think this system is in good or excellent shape. But people like the coverage they get by themselves. Among the insured, 70 percent say their own coverage is good or excellent. Among all Americans, only 8 percent say their coverage is poor."
quote:Originally posted by Chow:quote:Originally posted by AlabamaSon:
You must be looking at Faux News. The rating depends on the poll. As of 7/1/2009 Gallup shows his approval rating at 63% and disapproval rating at 30%. The 63% is up 3 points from the last poll. the 30% is down 2 points from the last poll.
According to Rassmussen (who is the most accurate poll) Obama is falling fast.
You must refer to MSNBC polls
Nope. Read my post again. Gallup poll. I don't watch MSNBC as I don't care for MSNBC. I don't watch Faux News either. I simply referred to the Gallup poll.
It would seem that a lot of people on this forum are hanging on to a hope (some admittedly) that President Obama fail. Of course I view that as strange that anyone would wish any president to fail. But it is their right to wish whatever they desire.
Right now most indicators show Obama doing just fine. Will it last? Who knows? But wishing ill will on Americans such as the gentlemen on Glenn Beck did the other night is, in my opinion, certainly not a good way to express your political views or distaste of the system.
I don't wish for the entire banking system to collapse although I think most of them are ungrateful. I don't agree with bailing out the automobile industry, but I don't wish for outright failure of our economy to prove a point.
Will Obama's approval rating drop? I suspect it will fluctuate throughout his term in office. Time will tell what happens towards election time. While we are waiting for that election I certain do hope the Republicans have gained back their organization. Even though I voted for President Obama I certain do not hope the Republicans fail. I may not agree with all their policies but I do know we need a balanced system.
Unfortunately I believe the Republicans are still working through a problematic schism. But the good news is that it seems to be mending lately. Again, I think time will tell.
I don't want him to fail, but he's not the "golden boy" he was made out to be...and his cracks are showing in many areas...it's going to be a long road ahead both for what he inherited but even more so for what he is putting into place...
quote:Originally posted by DixieChik:
I don't want him to fail, but he's not the "golden boy" he was made out to be...and his cracks are showing in many areas...it's going to be a long road ahead both for what he inherited but even more so for what he is putting into place...
I do want his agenda to fail, now if he'd like to come back within the Constitution, get rid of his 19 Czars and do as he promised about transparency, then I would just be against his ideas.
Get out of the bailout business and start paying down our debt I might start giving him a little support. He has been the most polarizing, the most politically aggressive to push his agenda but why should it surprise me, it's Chicago Politics as usual.
ACORN strong arm tactics supported by a President trained as a Community Organizer, no surprise at all.
Use your brain cells and look into the stimulus bill and see that it has more to do with playing in the good ole boy club of DC than caring for the American citizens. The same can be said of health care and Cap in trade. If those were such wonderful things then he should not be as challenged by his on Party to push those through.
I hate to disappoint anyone, but I do use my brain cells. As to Mr. Rassmussen, you can easily find his close ties to the Republican Party and the Bush family. I seriously question his independence even though he is endorsed by Faux News. However, his story was carried by the Wall Street Journal as an indicator of Obama's dramatically falling popularity.
The whole bailout mess is a bipartisian creation used by both major parties to fingerpoint and create havoc. There is no doubt that the ball was handed off from Bush to Obama and both carry responsibility. Time will judge if their actions were correct.
The one thing we do know is that the current healthcare methodology will not survive. I personally think we could easily find several root causes, including a need for tort reform. It is one of the areas I disagree with the current administration. We need a better method to weed out bad doctors but we also need to understand doctors are human. I have wandered too far off subject, but it is one of my pet peaves.
I do agree that Obama has learned that change isn't that easy in Washington. Too many lobbiests are holding the strings of politicians (both major parties) and it is like pushing a 1 ton boulder up hill. We will see how things pan out. Right now I still approve of our overall progress, which is where we disagree.
The whole bailout mess is a bipartisian creation used by both major parties to fingerpoint and create havoc. There is no doubt that the ball was handed off from Bush to Obama and both carry responsibility. Time will judge if their actions were correct.
The one thing we do know is that the current healthcare methodology will not survive. I personally think we could easily find several root causes, including a need for tort reform. It is one of the areas I disagree with the current administration. We need a better method to weed out bad doctors but we also need to understand doctors are human. I have wandered too far off subject, but it is one of my pet peaves.
I do agree that Obama has learned that change isn't that easy in Washington. Too many lobbiests are holding the strings of politicians (both major parties) and it is like pushing a 1 ton boulder up hill. We will see how things pan out. Right now I still approve of our overall progress, which is where we disagree.
The one thing we do know is that the current healthcare methodology will not survive. I personally think we could easily find several root causes, including a need for tort reform. It is one of the areas I disagree with the current administration. We need a better method to weed out bad doctors but we also need to understand doctors are human. I have wandered too far off subject, but it is one of my pet peaves. I do agree that Obama has learned that change isn't that easy in Washington. Too many lobbiests are holding the strings of politicians (both major parties) and it is like pushing a 1 ton boulder up hill. We will see how things pan out. Right now I still approve of our overall progress, which is where we disagree.
I agree about TORT and Dr situation however I think you are being generous with Obama and the lobbyist, he has accepted them whole heartedly, He has the MSM in hands and could use that to put pressure on lobbying tactics. Instead he is playing right along with them.
How much pork was added in the past few bills to get them through?
It was spearheaded by his team.
His hypocrisy is starting to show through when Helen Thomas notices it.
I agree about TORT and Dr situation however I think you are being generous with Obama and the lobbyist, he has accepted them whole heartedly, He has the MSM in hands and could use that to put pressure on lobbying tactics. Instead he is playing right along with them.
How much pork was added in the past few bills to get them through?
It was spearheaded by his team.
His hypocrisy is starting to show through when Helen Thomas notices it.
If the president's success meant a fundamental change in the social and political fabric of this country in the socialist/fascist direction he seems to be driving toward, then by all means I want him to fail. Miserably, publicly for all to see.
I would rather this (or any other) president to fail than this country to fall.
I would rather this (or any other) president to fail than this country to fall.
I absolutely agree zip -- "I would rather this (or any other) President fail than to see this country fall"...
So much for transparency -- when the WH Press has to submit their questions via email the night before for approval -- there is no transparency. Obama wants to paint a pretty picture to fool everyone into thinking everything is rose, but those rose-colored glasses lie...
So much for transparency -- when the WH Press has to submit their questions via email the night before for approval -- there is no transparency. Obama wants to paint a pretty picture to fool everyone into thinking everything is rose, but those rose-colored glasses lie...
Yeah. My personal approval rating of BO hovers around 0%.
Agree here, also. The Kool-Aid is wearing off. He's a smooth one. Often, I have to pinch myself and remind myself who he really is. He's very--uh, shall I say, charismatic.