The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[Tender Branson]

Obama now with the best RCP average since end of July:

45.2% Approve
48.2% Disapprove

mostly because Rasmussen and Gallup have upward trends recently and because of the new NBC/WSJ poll and the Pew poll, which have good news for him:

NBC/WSJ: 46% Approve, 48% Disapprove
Pew: 46% Approve, 43% Disapprove

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 46%, u.

Disapprove 52%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, +3.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 40%, +1.

[Skill and Chance]

He might be rallying back to 50/50 approvals.  The decline in disapproval looks meaningful, but the rise in approval matches the ephemeral bump we saw in October...

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Gallup's economic confidence level has been steadily rising since July and the end of the debt ceiling crisis.

[J. J.]

Gallup Daily:  http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx

Approve:  43%, -2.

Disapprove:  49%, +1.

[J. J.]

Gallup's economic confidence level has been steadily rising since July and the end of the debt ceiling crisis.

The only thing that is "good" is standard of living, at 48%, on Gallup.  The right track/wrong track numbers of Rasmussen are actually worse than 6 months ago.

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Iraq.

[Politico]

Iraq.

This. The rise of Gingrich/Cain has not helped with women, though.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, +1.

Disapprove 52%, u.

"Strongly Approve" is at 25%, +2.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 40%, u.

[J. J.]

Gallup Daily:  http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx

Approve:  42%, -1.

Disapprove:  50%, +1.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 52%, u.

"Strongly Approve" is at 25%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 43%, +3.

[Tender Branson]

Colorado (Ciruli Associates):

39% Approve
53% Disapprove

Governor John Hickenlooper:

59% Approve
18% Disapprove

http://fciruli.blogspot.com

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Governor John Hickenlooper:

59% Approve
18% Disapprove

http://fciruli.blogspot.com

OMG. He'll run in 2016...

[Skill and Chance]

Colorado (Ciruli Associates):

39% Approve
53% Disapprove

Governor John Hickenlooper:

59% Approve
18% Disapprove

http://fciruli.blogspot.com

I know its different polling companies, but have you noticed how much better he is polling nationally than in swing states?  Does Obama have basically unanimous support in CA or something?

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 53%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 25%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 42%, -1.

The has to be some bad numbers in there someplace.

[J. J.]

Gallup Daily:  http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx

Approve:  41%, -1.

Disapprove:  51%, +1.

We are back in the high danger zone.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 52%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, -2.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 42%, u.

The has to be some bad numbers in there someplace.

[J. J.]

Gallup Daily:  http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx

Approve:  42%, +1.

Disapprove:  51%, u.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 51%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 39%,-3.

What the heck is going on with the 'bots? 

[The Vorlon]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 51%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 39%,-3.

What the heck is going on with the 'bots? 

The Bots do not call cell phones.  At least conceptually if you have a known and stable sample universe you can use other demographic weights (age, gender, income, race, region, communty size, etc) to get around this.

During the Christmas Festive Holiday Season, this may not work as well.

Rasmussen gets a tad quirky around big travel seasons. - Just the way it is

[J. J.]

Gallup Daily:  http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx

Approve:  42%, u.

Disapprove:  50%, -1.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 51%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 39%,-3.

What the heck is going on with the 'bots? 

The Bots do not call cell phones.  At least conceptually if you have a known and stable sample universe you can use other demographic weights (age, gender, income, race, region, communty size, etc) to get around this.

During the Christmas Festive Holiday Season, this may not work as well.

Rasmussen gets a tad quirky around big travel seasons. - Just the way it is

Thanks, that explains a lot.

[pbrower2a]

This should scare Republicans:

Note that this is among likely voters in the Republican caucuses in Iowa:

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http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_IA_1218925.pdf

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 51%, u.

"Strongly Approve" is at 21%, -2.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 39%, u.

Maybe everyone just hates everything? 

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This should scare Republicans:

Note that this is among likely voters in the Republican caucuses in Iowa:

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http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_IA_1218925.pdf

It shouldn't scare them because we all should know by now that those Tea Party crazies hate any form of establishment (but, ironically, remain loyal Republican voters).