The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

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Not pushing those leaners are we

The real Alabama numbers are probably something like 62%/38%. Heh.

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I couldn't agree more.  Closing Guantanamo and all secret prisons was an excellent first move.  What needs to be done now is prosecute those who were responsible for the atrocities that took place there.
Making healthcare reform a priority is another thing I approve of.
 

You're absolutely right.  Closing Guantanamo and allowing some already confirmed 60 or so terrorists back into their terrorist camps was a great idea.

Bravo Obama!  May he be President 4 Life!

You do realize that your heroes Hillary and McCain claim that they would also have closed it?

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They ask the question in a different manner too. Please don't start the hackfest already. kthanx

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Just under three weeks...

Because we know those historically low approval ratings for the Democrats in Congress over the past two years really hurt them and prevented them from picking up eight seats in the Senate and plenty more in the House...

The other major party was considerably less popular though, so that isn't terribly relevant to the current situation.

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Obama is just about finished, guys. He's only at 76%.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/09/poll.obama.stimulus/index.html

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It's okay, you provided a more detailed presentation.

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It looks like Alabama is starting to remember that it's Alabama.

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He's still withdrawing from Iraq.

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Zogby Approval

Approve 52%
Disapprove 46%

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1681

lulz

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People who don't approve of our President make baby Jesus cry.

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"The honeymoon is over, a national poll will signal today as President Obama’s job approval stumbles to about 50 percent over the lack of improvement with the crippled economy.

Pollster John Zogby said his poll out today will show Americans split on the president’s performance. He said the score factors out to “about 50-50.”

Some polls show Obama coasting with a 65 percent job approval, but not in Zogby’s tally.

“The numbers are going down,” Zogby told the Herald. “It’s not because of the gaffes, but a combination of high expectations and that things aren’t moving fast enough with the economy.”

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1160639

Uh-oh. Drudge better get his sirens out!

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One more state to add:

Arkansas, roughly an even split, but a state in which Obama was crushed in 2008.

I'd really like to see Indiana, South Carolina and Vermont done.

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I live in Obamaworld. lolz.

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New York (Siena Poll):

75% Favorable
19% Unfavorable

http://www.siena.edu/uploadedFiles/Home/Parents_and_Community/Community_Page/SRI/SNY_Poll/09%20April%20SNY%20Poll%20Release%20--%20FINAL.pdf

That's how we do it.

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Colorado- PPP

Approve 49%
Disapprove 45%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_CO_421.pdf

That seems pretty strange. It makes me interested in seeing some more polls out of Colorado.

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I strongly approve of Obama.

jamespol approval rating: OMG 100%!!!11

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Isn;t the PPP poll registered voters?  Rassmusen is likely voters and they Obama in the 60s.  The Gallup and AP polls are all adults.

Isn't the unreported story on these approval ratings that Obama's numbers among people who are paying attention are mediocre and his numbers among people who get their news by reading the cover of Us Weekly in the supermarket checkout are high?

Shouldn't we start saying that PPP and Rasmussen are the canary in the coal mine?  That they are outliers because they measure a different, and more relevant, universe of people than the AP and Gallup polls?  And that their sample is telling us where things are headed?

Trying to poll "likely voters" in an off-year is just a bad idea.

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Michigan (Rasmussen, April 14, 500 Likely Voters):

64% Approve
35% Disapprove

(Jennifer Granholm):

48% Approve
52% Disapprove

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/states_general/michigan/michigan_voters_say_auto_bailouts_good_bank_bailouts_bad

Isn't that high for Granholm?

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I was thinking that too, her approvals must have shot up or this is definitely an outlier. I haven't seen Granholm's approvals in the high 40's in a long time.

No, Michigan = part of

That's badass. We should change our flag to that.

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OBAMA IS POPULAR???!!!???

ROWAN MAD!!!11 RAAA!!!

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Georgia- Rasmussen

Approve 54%
Disapprove 46%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2010/election_2010_state_toplines/georgia/toplines_election_2010_georgia_april_23_2009

So, Obama is more popular in Georgia than in Florida.

Oooookay!

I must say that those are some... interesting... results.

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So what did he do to piss Kansas off so royally? lol.

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Quinnipiac University:

58% Approve
30% Disapprove

President Obama wins 90 - 4 percent approval from Democrats and 53 - 33 percent approval from independent voters, while Republicans disapprove 59 - 26 percent. Black voters approve 93 - 1 percent, White voters 53 - 35 percent. There is a 10-point gender gap, as women approve 63 - 25 percent while men approve 53 - 35 percent.

From April 21 - 27, Quinnipiac University surveyed 2,041 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percentage points.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1291

Hey at least they were able to find 1% of blacks that disapproved, CBSNews found 0.

Apparently Michael Steele couldn't answer the phone when the CBS pollster called but he was there for the Quinnipiac one.

He won't talk to CBS. They are commie, duh.

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Louisiana (Southern Media & Opinion Research)

53% Excellent/Good
38% Not So Good/Poor

600 Likely Voters, April 13-16, 2009

http://www.laplaintalk.com/news-releases/3005press-release.pdf

That is higher than I would have expected.

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This thread will be amusing when unemployment hits 12%.

I don't know, with GOP reactions like that, I'd say that it's pretty amusing right now.