The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[Poundingtherock]

Definite improvement?  He's "in range" as you would say and who's to say he won't be at 44% in two days.

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Gallup: 46/48

[Poundingtherock]

Not according to Gallup: 45/48

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CNN/Opinion Research Among registered voters

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/10/06/topstate5.pdf

Nevada: 44/51
New York: 54/39
Connecitcut: 52/42
Missouri: 37/55

[Poundingtherock]

I think he was positive a week and a half ago in Gallup.

[Poundingtherock]

Wrong Odysseus...see the post right above yours.  Thanks for playing though.

[Poundingtherock]

What Rasmussen may be doing is trying to get the Democrat Party and liberals to cite his polling showing improvement in order to discredit them.  When Obama falls again, he can point to how the Democrat Party and liberals were willing to cite his polls when he showed Obama improvement.

[Poundingtherock]

Michigan:

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/political/exclusive-poll%3A-large-lead-for-snyder-over-bernero-michigan-governor

47/47 favorable/unfavorable

He won Michigan with 57% of the vote.

[Poundingtherock]

It was tongue in cheek.  The Democrat Party citing to Rasmussen for the Obama surge is one of the funnier things this election cycle besides watching moderate Republicans fail miserably.

[Poundingtherock]

Or maybe the electorate has shifted since then.

I recognize your narrative for this November will be that the reason why the Democrat Party lost was because Democrats didn't show up but the reality may very well be that there are fewer Democrats as the country has shifted since 2008.

[Poundingtherock]

Party registration tells you nothing.  Party identification is what is key. There are plenty of registered democrats that identify with the Republican Party and would vote for the Republican nominee.

Meanwhile, he's at 46/48 in today's Gallup.

[Poundingtherock]

Are we no longer tracking state polling here?

[Poundingtherock]

CNN/Opinion Research among registered voters

Delaware: 56/38
Washington: 47/46
West Virginia: 30/63
Wisconsin: 45/51

[Poundingtherock]

Reuters/Ipsos: 43/53

Link

GOp up 4 on the generic ballot.

[Poundingtherock]

Gallup: 44/48

[Poundingtherock]

Washington Registered voters
http://www.washingtonpoll.org/results/oct15_2010.pdf

Obama: 52/45 favorable/unfavorable

A 45% unfavorable rating in Washington gets Obama to around 50% unfavorables nationwide with registered voters.

I like to cite favorable/unfavorable to dispute the liberal narrative that people still like Obama personally but only disapprove of his actions.

[Poundingtherock]

Couldn't you say that about anybody?

[Poundingtherock]

We say and see the same thing every week.

He goes up on the weekends then comes back to reality on the weekdays.

We pretty much repeat everything we say as we did the last week.

New York has his favorables/unfavorables at 56/41 according to Siena.  Now, unlike the Washington Poll I cited, this poll is of likely voters so Obama could argue that his favorables are higher among registered voters.  HOwever, Siena's likely voter polling appears indistinguishable from registered voter polling.

This poll provides more evidence that Obama's unfavorable rating is at 50%.

[Poundingtherock]

Among registered voters:

Alaska: 36/59
Arkansas: 33/61
Ohio: 45/49
Florida: 43/50

I guess Obama would take these numbers considering that they would place him at around 49% disapproval and around 46% approval.  His numbers are 6-7 points from his win percentage with the exception of Alaska.  I didn't think I'd ever see the day where a Democrat would have a 33% approval rating in Arkansas.

[Poundingtherock]

Those numbers come from this CNN poll

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/10/20/topstate7.pdf

[Poundingtherock]

The meme continues to die about people liking Obama personally but just disapproving of his performance.  He dropped a net 16 points in favorability.  This poll is also of all adults, so Obama hacks and Northeastern Republicans cannot say that his numbers are low because Obama's voters aren't turning out.

The Gallup on his favorability is consistent with the CT poll that Suffolk just released.  It has his favorables in CT at 54/40.  54% in CT gets about to around 46-47% favorability nationwide while 40% unfavorables gets him to around 48% unfavorables.  So obama being underwater in favorability is consistent with the state-by-state polling that we've seen in Washington, Michigan, and Florida.

[Poundingtherock]

Great news from Gallup!

I see that the Democrat Party has ramped up its attack on Gallup.

[Poundingtherock]

In case you were wondering, the Democrat Party has claimed that Gallup's likely voter model is far too republican-friendly.

But that criticism wouldn't apply to what gallup is finding for Obama among adults and registered voters.

[Poundingtherock]

Hey "true 'Republican,'" why don't you tell me again how conservative the New Jersey Republican electorate is?

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Missouri

35/51 favorable/unfavorable.  He won 49% of the vote in the state.  Assuming the trends in Missouri hold up nationally, his favorable rating would be 39%.