The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  43%, +1.

Disapprove:  50%, u.

[Tender Branson]

Reason-Rupe Poll:

49% Approve
47% Disapprove

http://reason.com/poll

[Where We Griff 1 We Griff All]

ABC-Washington Post:

Approval 49%
Disapproval 47%

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 51%, u.

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

[BigSkyBob]

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).

Teaparty folk support the Constitution with vigor, for instance. Your statement makes no sense. Their objection to the Republican "establishment" is not that it exists, but, rather, that its values are antithetical to Teaparty values.

[Tender Branson]

The new CBS poll has

47% Approve
44% Disapprove

...

That would bring his RCP approval rating to 46.6-48.9.

If we include the Reason poll from above, then it would be 46.9-48.6

[Alcon]

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

The word "establishment" only gets 34% disapproval among members of a group built around being against the establishment.  I don't see anything remotely troublesome for the GOP there.

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  43%, u.

Disapprove:  49%, +1.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 49%, +2.

Disapprove 50%, -1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, +2.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 37%, +2.

Lowest Strongly Disapprove number since late June.

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  43%, u.

Disapprove:  48%, -1.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, -2.

Disapprove 51%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 25%, +2.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 38%, +1.

And Rasmussen continues to be visited by the Ghost of Robots Past. 

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  44%, +1.

Disapprove:  48%, u.

Happy Festivus everyone.

[Industigy]

So after two days on the job...

After two days on the job, 25 percent of Kentuckians already disapprove. Honeymoon over?

No, I'd say the honeymoon is over because the press is already giving him a hard time over something silly (not letting enough reporters/cameras in on that second swearing in). 

lol, nice.

[Minnesota Mike]

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

Approve:  47%, +3.

Disapprove:  45%, -3.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 47%, u.

Disapprove 52%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 26%, +1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 38%, u.

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  46%, -1.

Disapprove:  48%, +3.


Christmas, a bad sample, or both.

[Away, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!]

Meh. Up by two points, down by two points. Gallup is tetchy enough that I wouldn't read that much into it.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45%, -2.

Disapprove 54%, +2.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, -3.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, +3.


Probably holiday related bad numbers.

[Skill and Chance]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45%, -2.

Disapprove 54%, +2.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, -3.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, +3.


Probably holiday related bad numbers.

Preferentially sampling people who don't celebrate Christmas?

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  44%, -2.

Disapprove:  48%, u.

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45%, -2.

Disapprove 54%, +2.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, -3.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, +3.


Probably holiday related bad numbers.

Preferentially sampling people who don't celebrate Christmas?

Just a lot of people probably out.

[BigSkyBob]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45%, -2.

Disapprove 54%, +2.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, -3.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, +3.


Probably holiday related bad numbers.

Preferentially sampling people who don't celebrate Christmas?

Sorta. People with strong family structures tend to be more Republican, and, as a result, travel away from home more often during the Christmas season.

[pbrower2a]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45%, -2.

Disapprove 54%, +2.

"Strongly Approve" is at 23%, -3.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 41%, +3.


Probably holiday related bad numbers.

Preferentially sampling people who don't celebrate Christmas?

Sorta. People with strong family structures tend to be more Republican, and, as a result, travel away from home more often during the Christmas season.

...and non-Christians who don't celebrate Christmas

I wouldn't trust any poll taken between the winter solstice and January 3

[J. J.]

Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 45%, u.

Disapprove 55%, +1.

"Strongly Approve" is at 22%, -1.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 40%, -1.

[J. J.]

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

Approve:  41%, -3.

Disapprove:  50%, +2.

Probably bad numbers due to the holiday.