The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

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North Carolina (PPP):

54% Approve
38% Disapprove

PPP surveyed 979 North Carolina voters from April 8th to 11th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.1%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NC_416.pdf

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South Dakota (Dakota Wesleyan University):

62% Approve
29% Disapprove

Respondents who identified themselves as Democrats approved of Obama at a rate of 83 percent, while the approval rating from self-identified Republicans was 41 percent and the rating from self-identified independents was 61 percent.

DWU’s new poll results are based on telephone interviews with 413 South Dakotans conducted by students and faculty between March 23 and April 6. The poll’s theoretical margin of error is plus or minus 4.8 percent for the statewide sample, with a confidence level of 95 percent.

http://www.dwu.edu/press/2009/apr16.htm

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Florida (Quinnipiac):

60% Approve
32% Disapprove

63% Favorable
30% Unfavorable

From April 6 - 13, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,332 Florida voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. The survey includes 570 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.1 percentage points and 474 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=1287

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Cook Political Report/RT Strategies:

60% Approve
30% Disapprove

In a hypothetical 2012 presidential general election match-up, 50 percent said that they would definitely or probably vote for Barack Obama again (32 percent definitely, 18 percent probably) while 39 percent indicated that they would definitely or probably vote against him (26 percent definitely, 13 percent probably).

Conducted April 8-11 among 833 RV, MoE=3.4%

http://www.cookpolitical.com/poll

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Texas- Rasmussen

Approve 48%
Disapprove 52%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/states_general/texas/toplines/toplines_texas_april_16_2009

Not too bad, given that Rasmussen has Obama @ 55% nationally (-7).

But Obama got a 9-10% lower share in TX on Election Day.

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Latest Czech Republic Obama approval rating:

85% Approve
13% Disapprove

Poll conducted by STEM between April 1-6 among 1297 people aged 18+.

http://www.stem.cz/clanek/1790

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New York (Siena Poll):

75% Favorable
19% Unfavorable

http://www.siena.edu/uploadedFiles/Home/Parents_and_Community/Community_Page/SRI/SNY_Poll/09%20April%20SNY%20Poll%20Release%20--%20FINAL.pdf

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The sample for the Colorado poll was 38% Republican and 36% Democratic, which is probably why the results are so weird.  There's no way it's representative of the state's population if we take into account how they voted in November or the fact that registered Democrats exceed the number of registered Republicans.

No, more Republicans than Democrats voted in Colorado last year. The only difference is that Obama won Independents by 10, but is now tied in this poll. He also gets a record low approval from Republicans somehow (17%), allthough other polls show his support among Republicans nationwide at between 25-35%.

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Georgia (Strategic Vision):

55% Approve
39% Disapprove

The results are based on telephone interviews with 800 likely voters in Georgia, aged 18+, and conducted April 17-19, 2009 by telephone. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

http://www.strategicvision.biz/political/georgia_poll_042209.htm

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Obama might experience softer approval ratings from hard-core liberals these days, after coddling the CIA torturers and not prosecuting former members of the vicious and murderous Bush junta. Many of them could move to "undecided" now, pushing down his high approvals in states like Jersey and Massachusetts.

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Is this a joke post?

No, 100% my opinion.

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New Jersey (Quinnipiac):

67% Approve (+6)
24% Disapprove (-4)

From April 14 - 20, Quinnipiac University surveyed 2,222 New Jersey registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.1 percentage points. The survey includes 486 Republican likely voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points, and 460 Democratic likely voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1299.xml?ReleaseID=1288

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Obama might experience softer approval ratings from hard-core liberals these days, after coddling the CIA torturers and not prosecuting former members of the vicious and murderous Bush junta. Many of them could move to "undecided" now, pushing down his high approvals in states like Jersey and Massachusetts.

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You know/learned a lot of what?

Franzl asked if I was in a (wine) bar in the morning, but forgot to metion that Heurige only exist in Eastern Austria, not Salzburg ...

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ARGHHH ! also has a new poll out:

Adults:

57% Approve
38% Disapprove

Registered Voters:

58% Approve
37% Disapprove

http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy

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PPP National

Approve 53%
Disapprove 41%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_423.pdf

Geez an approval even lower than the Republican hack Rasmussen???

And Pew has him at 63-26 and AP/GfK at 64-30.
So apparently PPP is the odd one here.

Also, the new Harris Interactive Online poll (April 13-21, 2401 adults):

58% Excellent/Good
42% Fair/Poor

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_04_23.pdf

Texas (DailyKos/R2000, April

45% Favorable
53% Unfavorable

The Research 2000 Texas Poll was conducted from April 20 through April 22, 2009. A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/4/22/TX/288

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Michigan (Rasmussen, April 14, 500 Likely Voters):

64% Approve
35% Disapprove

(Jennifer Granholm):

48% Approve
52% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/states_general/michigan/michigan_voters_say_auto_bailouts_good_bank_bailouts_bad

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Elon Carolinas Poll (April 19-23):

WARNING: SMALL SAMPLE SIZE !!!

North Carolina (356 adults):

56% Approve
33% Disapprove

South Carolina (305 adults):

47% Approve
43% Disapprove

http://www.wral.com/asset/news/local/politics/2009/04/24/5018065/ElonPollData_042409.swf

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I was thinking that too, her approvals must have shot up or this is definitely an outlier. I haven't seen Granholm's approvals in the high 40's in a long time.

No, Michigan = part of

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Both Rasmussen and Gallup show Obama's numbers improving again:

Gallup: 66-27 (+1, -1)
Rasmussen: 56-43 (+1, -1)

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Washington Post/ABC News Poll (April 21-24):

69% Approve
26% Disapprove

72% Favorable
26% Unfavorable

Please tell me whether the following statement applies to Obama, or not?

He understands the problems of people like you: 73-25
He is a strong leader: 77-22
He can be trusted in a crisis: 73-21
He is willing to listen to different points of view: 90-10
He is honest and trustworthy: 74-22
He shares your values: 60-38
He has brought needed change to Washington: 63-34
He is a good commander-in-chief of the military: 56-34

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_042609.html

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In the seperate ABC News release it is mentioned that 93% of Democrats approve, as do 67% of Independents and 36% of Republicans.

Even adjusted for the 2008 Exit Poll (39D, 32R, 29I) Obama's approval is at 67% with these numbers.

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That 36% is crock sh**t and you know it. That 67% number is horse sh**t as well.

Only Rasmussen shows Obama tied among Independents. All other polls show him up by 2:1 among Independents. There is no f*****g way Obama is tied with Independents right now. Same with Republicans. Only Rasmussen and PPP (?!) have him at about 20% or lower.

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Minnesota (Star Tribune/Princeton Research, April 20-23):

62% Approve
25% Disapprove

http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/43744872.html?elr=KArksCCCWiaEyayP4O:DW3ckUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiacyKUUr

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Oh noooeees, Obama is at 63% among a GOP Likely Voter Poll !!!:

Public Opinion Strategies (R) (800 LV, April 19-21):

63% Approve
32% Disapprove

Party Composition:

37% DEM
30% GOP
32% IND

Looking forward to Rowan's spin ...

http://blog.pos.org/2009/04/819/

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And I see you ignored the fact that I shot down your argument that the Washington Post poll was not out on its own.

Democrats are fine at 93%, Independents are fine at 67% with few Undecideds, Republicans could be off by about 5-10%. If this poll stands out for high Republican support, Rasmussen stands out for his crappy insisting that Indies split 50-50 atm.