The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

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Kos/R2K Weekly poll

Name            Favourable    Unfavourable   Net Gain
PRESIDENT OBAMA   56 (52)   39 (43)   +8
         
PELOSI:   33 (32)   59 (59)   +1
REID:   30 (31)   59 (58)   -2
McCONNELL:   18 (19)   64 (63)   -2
BOEHNER:   14 (15)   62 (63)   0
         
CONGRESSIONAL DEMS:   38 (39)   57 (56)   -2
CONGRESSIONAL GOPS:   17 (18)   70 (69)   -2
         
DEMOCRATIC PARTY:   40 (39)   51 (52)   +2
REPUBLICAN PARTY:   22 (23)   68 (69)   0

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Today's trackers:

Rass - 52/48 (Pass health care/Kill Health Care 51/46)
Rass approval index - -3
Gallup - 53/40

Others:

USA Today/Gallup - 54/43
ABC/Washington Post - 54/43
Anzalone-Liszt (D-AUFC) - 56/41
On Message (R-RNC) - 55/43 (eugh, commie poll!)

Averages:

Pollster (normal) - 52.9/44.3
Pollster (high sensitivity) - 53.6/43.2
Pollster (low sensitivity) - 52.4/44.4
RCP - 52.6/44.6 (Partisan polls not included)

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Again, you are missing the difference between favorability and approval.

Aswell as it being from Kos.

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Texas Republicans (Rasmussen):

18% Approve
80% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/texas/toplines/toplines_texas_republican_primary_september_16_2009

I would've expected worse for some reason.

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NC update:

... I promise: unless Indiana or NE-02 is polled by September 31, it goes "orange". Six months is clearly outdated.

Any older than a month and a half, at the most, should really be orange.

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FOX News:

54% Approve
39% Disapprove

Polling was conducted by telephone September 15-16, 2009, in the evenings. The total sample is 900 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of ±3 percentage points. Results are of registered voters, unless otherwise noted.

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/091709_poll.pdf

Totally haackery for the Dems!!! It's unbelievable.

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NY: 2010 Sen, Gov (Marist 9/22)

Marist
9/22/09; 616 registered voters, 4% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews and IVR

New York

Do you think it's right or wrong for the White House to suggest that Governor Paterson should not run for office next year?
27% Right, 62% Wrong

Do you agree or disagree that having David PAterson on the ticket would hurt other Democratic canddiates running in new York next year?
43% Agree, 41% Disagree

Do you want David Paterson to run for governor in 2010, or not?
25% Yes, 63% No

Job Approval
Gov. Paterson: 17% Excellent/Good, 79% Fair/Poor
Pres. Obama: 52 / 46

2010 Senate
Giuliani 51%, Gillibrand 40%
Pataki 45%, Gillibrand 41%


ROFL!

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Today's trackers:
Rass - 51/48
Gallup - 50/42

Rass is higher than Gallup... is this a sign of the apocalypse or something?

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Today's trackers:

Gallup - 52/41
Rass - 50/49

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I can't wait until 2012 when that damn Socialist gets voted out of office. His approvals will be 20% on election day. Starting on Jan 20, 2013, Ron Paul will bring Capitalism back to America.

LOL.

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Arkansas:

Approve: 37%

Disapprove: 62%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/arkansas/toplines/toplines_2010_arkansas_senate_race_september_28_2009

Aww shucks. i thought Obama would be hitting 60% of the vote in 2012.

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Virginia (Rasmussen)

52% Approve
48% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2009/virginia/toplines/toplines_virginia_governor_election_september_29_2009

Obama is more popular in Virginia than he is nationally? er...

Well it is Rasmussen.

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Obama's gotten a pretty clear bump for some reason: http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/jobapproval-obama.php

Probably because healthcare looks like it might pass now, as opposed to August? Or Dems and Independents tuning back in?

And the noble prize?

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Today was Obama's best RCP average (spread) since August 17th.

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Why I disagree with rounding up:
Your map makes it appear that at least 60% of Illinois residents approve of Obama, when less than 60% does. It is deceiving.

I agree.

Use the %s in the same way that you would for an election map... I.E. No rounding.

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Wild swings in the daily trackers for Obama:

Gallup: 54-39 (+3, -2)
Rasmussen: 49-50 (+2, -2)

I think they both had low one day samples that have just rolled off the average. There was a wild negative swing a few days ago.

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Massachusetts (Rasmussen)

54% Approve
44% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/massachusetts/toplines/toplines_massachusetts_governor_october_22_2009

Michigan (Rasmussen)

52% Approve
47% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/michigan/toplines_michigan_governor_october_21_2009

...Rasmussen fail?

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I would, but I'm too lazy. I have a map memorized in my head of what it should be. I'll go ahead and give my "prediction" though, if the election was today, with no toss-ups.

Generic Republican/Generic Republican vs. Barack Obama/Joe Biden

What makes you think Colorado goes Republican but not traditionally Republican Ohio?

Ohio, "traditionally Republican"? ...'Kay. If anything it's just a bellwether state.

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New numbers from Arkansas

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/ar_approval_ratings_tbq_101215.php

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Republican edge Democrats in congressional vote according to Gallup:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124226/Republicans-Edge-Ahead-Democrats-2010-Vote.aspx

The white man is angry.

Why is this in this thread though?

cos the librulz democRATs are gunna looooosein 2010, ever1 must no.

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Rasmussen (Georgia)

52% Approve
46% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/georgia/toplines/toplines_georgia_governor_november_10_2009

Rasmussen (Connecticut)

65% Approve
41% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/connecticut/toplines/toplines_connecticut_governor_november_10_2009

Wow... those are suspiciously good numbers from Rasmussen.

Georgia gives majority approval, yet the nation doesn't. Oh, Scott Rasmussen, you do make me giggle.

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Minnesota (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

lol, k

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How the hell does Michelle Bachman have 51% approval in Minnesota. The state has more Democrats than Republicans, so that means if Bachmann is over 50%, there are some Democrats and a sizable number of independents who approve of her. Can someone from Minnesota explain this to me?

I'm bordering on distressed that it's equal to Obama's 51% (from Rass) in Minnesota.

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lol

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Huckabee and McCain might as well drop out.

Hillary's probably gonna wipe the floor with Obama come '08 anyway.

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Big movement in the Rasmussen and Gallup daily numbers:

Rasmussen: 50% Approve, 49% Disapprove (+3, -2)

Gallup: 54% Approve, 38% Disapprove (+2, -3)

What's the bounce for?