The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[pbrower2a]

Disaster for the GOP in Georgia (if genuine -- as I found nothing at Rasmussen):

Georgia is less R than such states as Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee which have shown polls suggesting nearly-even approval and disapproval for Obama.

Even if the Rasmussen poll is an inverse of reality, the GOP will be unable to win the 2012 election unless it can win Georgia by more than 2%. Obama support is now not only positive, but also above 50%, in two states that he lost in 2008: Georgia and Missouri.  

[Kaine for Senate '18]

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

What?

[Lief 🗽]

you guys are way too easily trolled by vanderblubb

[ajc0918]

Disaster for the GOP in Georgia (if genuine -- as I found nothing at Rasmussen):

Georgia is less R than such states as Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee which have shown polls suggesting nearly-even approval and disapproval for Obama.

Even if the Rasmussen poll is an inverse of reality, the GOP will be unable to win the 2012 election unless it can win Georgia by more than 2%. Obama support is now not only positive, but also above 50%, in two states that he lost in 2008: Georgia and Missouri.  

I love how with disapproval majority polls your have to "average" them in. But with polls such as Georgia, they are just accepted.  Nice map troll.

[pbrower2a]

Disaster for the GOP in Georgia (if genuine -- as I found nothing at Rasmussen):


Georgia is less R than such states as Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee which have shown polls suggesting nearly-even approval and disapproval for Obama.

Even if the Rasmussen poll is an inverse of reality, the GOP will be unable to win the 2012 election unless it can win Georgia by more than 2%. Obama support is now not only positive, but also above 50%, in two states that he lost in 2008: Georgia and Missouri.  

I love how with disapproval majority polls your have to "average" them in. But with polls such as Georgia, they are just accepted.  Nice map troll.

I don't average polls more than two weeks apart; I use the latest credible one (or one that looks credible. I average polls that show stronger approval and disapproval. 

If the Georgia poll proves a forgery, then I will promptly cast it out. The previous Georgia poll was two months old.

Trolls do not do my analysis. I register surprise when Obama is doing unusually well in a place that he lost in 2008. Can you deny recent polls in Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee?

I'd love to see one for North Carolina, which is much more likely to go Democratic in 2012 than Georgia. 

 

[Smid]

The link to the Georgia poll doesn't work. Unless the numbers quoted can be backed up, I suspect them to be fake and should be disregarded.

[pbrower2a]

In the event that Vander Blubb's reported polls aren't genuine, this is what we work with:

Georgia is a candidate for a PPP poll, anyway.

[Eraserhead]

you guys are way too easily trolled by vanderblubb

[Hash]

People fell for it. lol.

[Rowan]

Okay some real numbers now:

Ohio
Approve 45%
Disapprove 50%

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1396

Connecticut
Approve 58%
Disapprove 35%

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1296.xml?ReleaseID=1395

[pbrower2a]

Okay some real numbers now:

Ohio
Approve 45%
Disapprove 50%

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1396

Connecticut
Approve 58%
Disapprove 35%

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1296.xml?ReleaseID=1395

Not as much to my liking as the spurious polls, but sometimes medicine has a bad taste to it:

[Wiz in Wis]

NC Presidential Favorables/Approvals - Civitas 10(20/21)

Obama Favorables: 49/47
Obama Approval: 50/48

I dunno why pollster/Civitas took so long to release, but here the data be!

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/nc_ratings_civitas_102021.php

[Tender Branson]

Utah (Mason Dixon)

38% Approve
60% Disapprove

The Tribune's poll of 625 registered voters was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. from Nov. 9 through Nov. 11. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percent.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13784503

North Carolina (PPP)

47% Approve
47% Disapprove

PPP surveyed 711 North Carolina voters from November 9th to 11th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.7%. 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_1113.pdf

Massachusetts (Suffolk)

60% Approve
36% Disapprove

The statewide survey of 600 Massachusetts registered voters was conducted Nov. 4-8, 2009. The margin of error is +/- 4 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence.

http://www.suffolk.edu/images/content/FINAL.SUPRC.Marginals.Nov.8.2009.pdf

Minnesota (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

(Tim Pawlenty)

52% Approve
47% Disapprove

Suppose Governor Tim Pawlenty runs for President in 2012 and wins the Republican nomination. If Pawlenty was the Republican Presidential candidate, would you vote for him?

42% Yes, 46% No

(Al Franken)

50% Approve
45% Disapprove

(Amy Klobuchar)

58% Approve
38% Disapprove

(Michele Bachmann)

51% Approve
45% Disapprove

This statewide telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters in Minnesota was conducted by Rasmussen Reports November 10, 2009. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/minnesota/toplines/toplines_minnesota_senate_favorables_november_10_2009

[War on Want]

I really hope that people in Minnesota don't have a better opinion of Bachmann than Obama.

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Minnesota (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

lol, k

[Devilman88]

Minnesota (Rasmussen)

51% Approve
48% Disapprove

lol, k

Heaven forbid your savior is unliked.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Obama is not nearly as popular in NC as he is in MN.

[pbrower2a]

A great variety of polls even from a comparative few have appeared in a couple of days. Three polls in North Carolina average out to a very bare advantage for Obama, so recognize that average for what it is.  One finally gives a reasonable update in Utah.

Anyone who looks at this map and sees a Republican takeover of the White House in 2012 must distort this map like Salvador Dali distorted pocket watches in one of his most famous paintings. The states close in 2008 are still close, and some of the states that Obama lost by huge margins are much closer.

Polls for Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Texas,and West Virginia would be extremely welcome.     

[DariusNJ]

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?

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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.

[Psychic Octopus]

Meh, Bachmann's poll was an outlier, methinks.

[Saxwsylvania]

Mason Dixon (South Carolina)

50% Approve
44% Disapprove

The statewide survey of 500 South Carolina registered voters was conducted Nov. 8-12, 2009. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percent at a 96 percent level of confidence.

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

[tmthforu94]

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[Mr. Morden]

lol

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Huckabee and McCain might as well drop out.

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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.