The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[Franzl]

Devilman...pbrower knows that. What he meant to say was: "This poll shows a result I disapprove of, and that's why I don't wish to include it."

[Franzl]

OK, I've finally put pbrower on ignore. Enough is enough.

[Franzl]

I put him on ignore.

Same here and it makes life more enjoyable...

[Franzl]

Rasmussen in my home state of Illinois

61% approve
39% disapprove


And Rasmussen in Delaware

54% approve
46% disapprove

Is it just me or are state approvals quite a bit better than national approvals would suggest?

[Franzl]

I don't understand the national numbers against the state numbers. The state numbers seem as high as ever....sometimes even higher than they should be.

[Franzl]

This looks like about the range in which military coups happen in most countries. Mercifully for President Obama, Arkansas isn't particularly representative of the United States at large, or else he might be seeking political asylum..

lol, idiot

[Franzl]

This looks like about the range in which military coups happen in most countries. Mercifully for President Obama, Arkansas isn't particularly representative of the United States at large, or else he might be seeking political asylum..

lol, idiot

 

I have him on ignore actually....but I sometimes do look at the posts anyway. I sincerely regret it.

[Franzl]

What amuses me about all of the Ohio was stolen people is that Bush still would have had a 3 million popular vote plurality even had he lost Ohio.

Bush's re-election was absolutely fair......but it's interesting that Republicans only care about the popular vote in 2004 and not in 2000.

[Franzl]

North Carolina's looking kind of odd on your map pbrower.

     North Carolina has been acting oddly lately. It seems like the kind of state that could become a Democratic enclave in Republican country 10 years down the line.

Along with the rest of the "New South" (i.e. Virginia and North Carolina and perhaps Georgia long-term, but that's a stretch) and the West.

The Democratic coalition is shifting from an economically based "labor" base to a more progressive professional middle class support group.

Not a transition I'm sad to see happen.

[Franzl]

I agree it could easily be fuel prices that are taking his numbers down....but I've always wondered why so many people are stupid enough to base presidential approval on that.

[Franzl]

I agree it could easily be fuel prices that are taking his numbers down....but I've always wondered why so many people are stupid enough to base presidential approval on that.

Well it makes more sense than "OMG BAD STUFF IN LIBYA I HATE TEH PREZ".  At least Obama has some measure of control over gas prices.

What control?

[Franzl]

How many more times must JJ be proven wrong before people stop taking him seriously?

Does anyone here still take him seriously?

[Franzl]

Something is seriously wrong with the American public when a pep rally gives a bigger boost than capturing Osama bin Laden. That said, I'll take it.

On the other hand. Not that I think voters are that bright, but in reality, what Clinton explained to the voters is more important for their everyday lives than capturing Osama Bin Laden.