The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[DariusNJ]

Gallup poll for the week ending July 12th

58% approve, 34% disapprove

Male: 54% approve
Female: 62% approve

Dems: 90% approve
Reps: 20% approve
Indeps: 56% approve

18-29: 70% approve
30-49: 58% approve
50-64: 57% approve
65+: 52% approve

White: 51% approve
Black: 91% approve
Hispanic: 75% approve

http://www.gallup.com/poll/politics.aspx?CSTS=wwwsitemap&to=POLL-PoliticsNews

[Tender Branson]

North Carolina (PPP)

49% Approve
44% Disapprove

PPP surveyed 767 North Carolina voters from July 10th to 12th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.5%. 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_715.pdf

[pbrower2a]

Obama comes down to earth in North Carolina:





Let's see what happens after he's back in the USA for a few days when he can address American audiences. 

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Really? Really? Still using the "his approvals drop only because he left the country" theory?

[War on Want]

Really? Really? Still using the "his approvals drop only because he left the country" theory?

This is actually partially true. The image of Obama touring the world, instead of focusing on domestic issues probably has hurt him. If he makes a few grandiose speeches on economic policy and the direction of the country his approval should bump up a little.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Virginia (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

[Exopolitician]

Virginia (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

Hell I'm surprised he's still favored positively here at all.

[Rowan]

Diaego Hotline Poll

Approve 56%
Disapprove 38%

http://www.diageohotlinepoll.com/documents/diageohotlinepoll/FDDiageoHotlinePollJulyRelease_071509.pdf

New York, July 15, 2009 – The Diageo/Hotline Poll of 800 U.S. registered voters conducted
by FD from July 9-13, 2009, finds that the percentage of American voters who approve of the
job President Obama is doing has dropped nine points to 56%. The previous Diageo/ Hotline
Poll, conducted from June 4-7, found that 65% of voters approved of the job he was doing.

[Farage]

Obama comes down to earth in North Carolina:





Let's see what happens after he's back in the USA for a few days when he can address American audiences. 

Sorry but texas is in yellow ...
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/07/09/government_texas_poll/

[pbrower2a]

Sorry but texas is in yellow ...
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/07/09/government_texas_poll/

(My modification)

... and still close. I thought that the Lyceum poll was an outlier.

Face it: if Obama is close in Texas in 2012, the GOP nominee is in deep trouble. I can think of at least one of whom many now tout as a likely challenger for the nomination (Barbour) who would probably lose.  Gingrich probably also loses Texas.

[Farage]

Sorry but texas is in yellow ...
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/07/09/government_texas_poll/

Obama comes down to earth in North Carolina:

... and still close. I thought that the Lyceum poll was an outlier.

Face it: if Obama is close in Texas in 2012, the GOP nominee is in deep trouble. I can think of at least one of whom many now tout as a likely challenger for the nomination (Barbour) who would probably lose. 

this map must be independent not partisan. ANd BTW the matchup was against Romney who has -at the moment- no appeal in texas. If it was against Huckabee it might be between +5 and +10 for huckabee ...

[Eraserhead]

Virginia (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

Hell I'm surprised he's still favored positively here at all.

Why?

[Tender Branson]

New York (Rasmussen)

63% Approve
37% Disapprove

This statewide telephone survey of 800 Likely Voters in New York was conducted by Rasmussen Reports July 14, 2009. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_state_toplines/new_york/toplines_2010_new_york_governor_race_july_14_2009

[Tender Branson]

New Jersey (Monmouth University)

Registered Voters (792 RV)

59% Approve
29% Disapprove

Likely Voters (527 LV)

56% Approve
34% Disapprove

The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll was conducted and analyzed by the Monmouth University Polling Institute research staff. The telephone interviews were collected by Braun Research on July 9-14, 2009 with a statewide random sample of 792 registered voters. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

http://www.monmouth.edu/polling/admin/polls/MUP26_1.pdf

[Tender Branson]

New Hampshire (R2000/DailyKos)

62% Favorable
30% Unfavorable

The Research 2000 New Hampshire Poll was conducted by Research 2000 of Rockville, Maryland from July 13 through July 15, 2009. A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/7/15/NH/319

[Farage]

from diageo's poll:

Looking ahead to 2012, if the presidential election were held today, would you
vote to reelect Barack Obama or would you like to see someone else become President?

Definitely Re-elect Obama 31%
Probably Re-elect Obama 12%
TOTAL RE-ELECT 43%
Probably Someone 6%
Definitely Someone 33%
TOTAL SOMEONE  39%
Too early to decide 13%
Don’t Know / Refused 6%

[You kip if you want to...]

from diageo's poll:

Looking ahead to 2012, if the presidential election were held today, would you
vote to reelect Barack Obama or would you like to see someone else become President?

Definitely Re-elect Obama 31%
Probably Re-elect Obama 12%
TOTAL RE-ELECT 43%
Probably Someone 6%
Definitely Someone 33%
TOTAL SOMEONE  39%
Too early to decide 13%
Don’t Know / Refused 6%

Too early to decide 13%

Hmm.

[Hash]

Isn't Diageo a joke polling firm?

[Tender Branson]

Isn't Diageo a joke polling firm?

No. Their final poll on Nov. 3 had it 50-45 for Obama and they got the Congress about right.

[DariusNJ]

His approval ratings are looking good in the Northeast.

[Psychic Octopus]

According to Rasmussen, who got the '08 election correct, Obama has a 52% Approval, 47% Disapproval rating. But this is likely voters, all adults give him a higher rating.

Also, more people strongly disapprove then strongly approve of him, acccording to the poll.

On a side note, it says Bob McDonnell has a very narrow lead over Creigh Deeds.

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

EDIT, it also says the GOP leads on the Generic Congressional Ballot, 40%-37%

[Zarn]

His approval ratings are looking good in the Northeast.

Given the New Jersey polls over the last few months and trying to excuse personal observation, I would say he is late 50's here, with the likely voter support in the mid 50s. NJ got hit hard, economically, with Corzine not helping matters, so that is pretty much why he isn't in the 60's.

I don't think his approvals will get much lower here, aside from further economic troubles or something blowing up in Obama's face. It will probably rebound, even.

[Marokai Backbeat]

According to Rasmussen, who got the '08 election correct, Obama has a 52% Approval, 47% Disapproval rating. But this is likely voters, all adults give him a higher rating.

Also, more people strongly disapprove then strongly approve of him, acccording to the poll.

On a side note, it says Bob McDonnell has a very narrow lead over Creigh Deeds.

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

EDIT, it also says the GOP leads on the Generic Congressional Ballot, 40%-37%

Well see, now you've given Ford one poll to cling onto above all others and beat everyone over the head with. What have you done?

[Ronnie]

I'd say his approval rating is in between the Gallup and Rasmussen numbers.

[Zarn]

I'd say his approval rating is in between the Gallup and Rasmussen numbers.

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