The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 43, -2.

Disapprove 55%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 20%, -1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 43%, u.

The bad sample dropped.

Today is 1000th day of the Obama presidency.

[President von Cat]

Wow, 1,000 days! Time sure does go by fast.

Gallup:

Approve: 42% +2

Disapprove: 50% -2

Still seems to be fluctuating on his lows on Gallup. 

[J. J.]

Wow, 1,000 days! Time sure does go by fast.

Gallup:

Approve: 42% +2

Disapprove: 50% -2

Still seems to be fluctuating on his lows on Gallup. 

I'm looking to see if Obama starts tracking consistently below 40% on Gallup.

[Democratic Hawk]

I've still got a lot of time for this president

[President von Cat]

Wow, 1,000 days! Time sure does go by fast.

Gallup:

Approve: 42% +2

Disapprove: 50% -2

Still seems to be fluctuating on his lows on Gallup. 

I'm looking to see if Obama starts tracking consistently below 40% on Gallup.

I doubt it will happen. There are plenty of pro-recession Republicans around here who will push his approval ratings up should we double dip.

[J. J.]

Wow, 1,000 days! Time sure does go by fast.

Gallup:

Approve: 42% +2

Disapprove: 50% -2

Still seems to be fluctuating on his lows on Gallup. 

I'm looking to see if Obama starts tracking consistently below 40% on Gallup.

I doubt it will happen. There are plenty of pro-recession Republicans around here who will push his approval ratings up should we double dip.

We already had it over the summer.  If it occurs within a year of the election, it is probably fatal.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 44, +1.

Disapprove 55%, u.

"Strongly Approve" is at 19%, -1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, -2.

It is from their text; it is not up on the chart yet.

[BigSkyBob]

Gallup, Obama:

approval     38%
disapproval 54%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

[J. J.]

Gallup, Obama:

approval     38%
disapproval 54%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

-4 and +4, respectively.

As I said, I'm waiting for it to consistently be below 40%. 

[The Vorlon]

Gallup, Obama:

approval     38%
disapproval 54%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

-4 and +4, respectively.

As I said, I'm waiting for it to consistently be below 40%.  

Wow.. a tad volatile, even for Gallup

Gallup works best with a 30 day rolling average.. which says +41/-51 => -10 or so.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45, +1.

Disapprove 54%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 19%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, u.

[Tender Branson]

PPP/DailyKos/SEIU weekly poll:

46% Approve
49% Disapprove

http://dailykos.com/weeklypolling/2011/10/13

CNN:

46% Approve
50% Disapprove

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/10/17/oct17.poll.economy.pdf

...

Looks like Gallup is a huge outlier ...

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

See I predicted it his ratings will go back up into mid 50s by christmas.

[You kip if you want to...]

See I predicted it his ratings will go back up into mid 50s by christmas.

Still 10% to go. A long way...

[PR]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45, +1.

Disapprove 54%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 19%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, u.

I guess around 20% of Americans will disapprove of Obama instinctively (just as they approved of Bush til the bitter end..) and 20% are pretty much committed to him (or are Democratic partisans).

That leaves 20% of people who are right of center, more likely to  disapprove but possible to win over; 20% of people who are left of center, who approve of Obama generally; and 20% who are really centrist swing voters.

Right now, Obama is not doing too well with the center, and certainly not well with  the  center-right. We'll see what happens in a year, though.

[J. J.]

I guess around 20% of Americans will disapprove of Obama instinctively (just as they approved of Bush til the bitter end..) and 20% are pretty much committed to him (or are Democratic partisans).

That leaves 20% of people who are right of center, more likely to  disapprove but possible to win over; 20% of people who are left of center, who approve of Obama generally; and 20% who are really centrist swing voters.

Right now, Obama is not doing too well with the center, and certainly not well with  the  center-right. We'll see what happens in a year, though.

We'll the center, independents are the key.

[Tender Branson]

Rasmussen:

Approve 45%, nc.
Disapprove 54%, nc.

"Strongly Approve" is at 20%, +1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 40%, -1.

...

Later today, Rasmussen Report will release new data on the Iowa caucus.

Additionally, at noon Eastern, Rasmussen Reports will release updated numbers on the Obama-Perry match-up.

[The Vorlon]

Democracy Corpse (D)

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2011/Democracy_Corps_102011.pdf


Strongly approve ..................................................................21
Somewhat approve ..............................................................19
Somewhat disapprove..........................................................11
Strongly disapprove .............................................................42

Total approve......................................................................40
Total disapprove ................................................................53

[Ronnie]

I find it rather sad that Obama's approval is so mediocre and yet, Republicans haven't been able to catch him.  I guess it speaks volumes about the quality of the candidates this time around.  Oh well.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 44, -1.

Disapprove 55%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 19%, -1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 42%, +1.

Since March, Obama's strongly approved numbers have declined rather strongly.  They were low, but they got lower.  Right now, they are running 6-10 points the pre-midterm numbers of a year ago.

[J. J.]

Gallup 42 50, so Obamama has not been consistently below 40%.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 42, -2.

Disapprove 56%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 20%, +1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 43%, +1.

[Penelope]

Gallup 42 50, so Obamama has not been consistently below 40%.

Gallup

Approve: 43 (+1)

Disapprove: 49 (-1)

[President von Cat]

So, should we start checking to see if Obama's disapproval can stay below 50%?

[Joe Biden 2020]

Just for reference, when did President Reagan's approval ratings start increasing enough to ensure his reelection?