The Official Obama 2.0 Approval Ratings Thread

[King]

Look at that RCP approval graph: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

so pretty

And the only two post-election polls are +11.

[King]

Obama is worth more than the price of gold these days.

[King]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Approve:  55, +1

Disapprove:  44, -1

Strongly Approve:  30, +1

Strongly Disapprove:  34, -1

Obama is worth more than the price of gold these days.

No even close.  Obama started his first term at 65% approve and 30% disapprove.

It's a shame 30% of Americans would disapprove of a man before he even did anything.

[King]

It's a shame 30% of Americans would disapprove of a man before he even did anything.

Actually, no.  Even Reagan, when first taking office, had an approval rate of 51% and a disapproval rate of 36%.  http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/presidential-approval-tracker.htm

Obama had a honeymoon that ended about 6 months into his first term.  Actually, in the first six months, and he didn't do all that much.

Yes, it's a shame  36 percent disapproved of man before he even did anything as well.

[King]

Damn, those Rasmussen numbers...

Clearly the Bradley Effect was people disapproving of Obama before the election because they thought they were supposed to do so.

[King]

Holy S*** his ratings could be 70% soon.

Obama's ratings are unlikely to go even beyond 60% anytime soon, unless there's a 9/11-like situation.

No, far-rights will only more fervently disapprove of this President for allowing a 9/11 type situation.

[King]

Fiscal cliff deal bounce

Gallup
Approve 54 (+4)
Disapprove 39 (-4)

Gallup also reports consumer holiday spending is now back to pre-recession levels.

It's over.  Republicans are finished.

[King]

Obama's approvals declined sharply today in Gallup.

Approve 47 (-4)
Dissaprove 45 (+2)

Lowest since his re-election.

[King]

The post-election bump is gone, federal politics have returned to acrimony, Republican pols are returning to their "Obama is evil" mode... but all in all President Obama seems to have roughly the same support as he did at election time. 

The President so far is not hurting the chances of any Democratic nominee to win in 2016. 

The sequester divide returned everything to normal.  Now it's up to the economy to make Obama popular.

[King]

More interesting, since the day of the bombing, Gallup's unemployment and underemployment track polls have dropped 0.5%.  Those who say they are "Thriving" jumped 5% to 55% and the "Job Creation Index" (poll of employers who say they plan on hiring/laying off soon) has soared to five year highs after being down from the start of the month in the last three days.

Maybe a surge of patriotism is what we needed to get the economy going again.

[King]

Once again, unemployment falls, while job creation and economic confidence on the Gallup poll.  7th day in a row.

If Gallup is right about this...

[King]

Obama's approval remains steady at 51-42 end week for Gallup.

I'm actually kind of shocked.  It appears nobody cares about or, at least, blames him for the scandals.

[King]

They're a little more serious IMO.  But I think the GOP might have gotten caught crying wolf so much that bad news against the administration falls with a dull thud.

[King]

Keep dropping those executive orders.

[King]

It's almost like going against a Congress 90% of America hates was a good idea.

[King]

They took the RV sample instead of the Adult sample into the average, despite the other 4 most recent polls in their average been Adult samples.

[King]

How long until we see the uniform SOTU +20 bump in the polls? Two? Three days?

[King]

Obama also jumped to 41% in the Reuters/Ipsos poll. This is the first time he's over 40% in that since last May.

[King]

BREAKING NEWS
OBAMA IN POSITIVE APPROVAL IN BOTH RASMUSSEN AND GALLUP TRACKERS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH 2013

49-47 GALLUP
50-48 RASMUSSEN

[King]

That's pretty good for Georgia

[King]

Majority of Americans now say they have confidence in Obama on the economy