The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[justfollowingtheelections]

Of the two days Obama has been president so far, I really could not approve more. I was very worried that he'd start triangulating and backtracking right out of the gate; so far, it seems like he's sticking to his promises, and then some.

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.
 

[justfollowingtheelections]

This guy is so popular, it's insane.  I was reading some of the comments on his decision not to withdraw from Iraq at CNN and the same people who were praising him for opposing the war are now calling Pelosi names for disagreeing with the Chosen One.  I'm so glad now I didn't vote for this liar (I voted for Nader).

[justfollowingtheelections]

Well Pelosi and other congressional leaders believe it should happen earlier, something I agree with (and something Obama based much of his campaign on as well).

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/27/democrats-voice-concerns-on-obamas-iraq-drawdown-plan/

As you can see most of the people making comments are saying things like "I LUUVV da PrezidenT" and are asking for Pelosi's head.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm more interested in Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska.

[justfollowingtheelections]

The sample for the Colorado poll was 38% Republican and 36% Democratic, which is probably why the results are so weird.  There's no way it's representative of the state's population if we take into account how they voted in November or the fact that registered Democrats exceed the number of registered Republicans.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm more interested in states such as Idaho, Wyoming or Nebraska than Indiana to be honest.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm more interested in states such as Idaho, Wyoming or Nebraska than Indiana to be honest.

Are you being sarcastic?
Because I would love to see polling there. I mean, is there any chance Obama could win there in 4 years?

Why would I be sarcastic?
I'm just curious of whether some of these sparsely populated Western states approve of Obama or not.  I just happen to have an interest in why many of these western states are so republican and whether it's for the same reason the South is.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm more interested in states such as Idaho, Wyoming or Nebraska than Indiana to be honest.

Are you being sarcastic?
Because I would love to see polling there. I mean, is there any chance Obama could win there in 4 years?

Polling by congressional district in Nebraska would be kind of cool, but yeah, do we really need Wyoming polls?

Why wouldn't we?  Wyoming is the state where the margin between McCain and Obama voters was the greatest.  Wouldn't you be interested in seeing whether they have a different opinion of Obama now that he is actually the president?

[justfollowingtheelections]

That's some great news from Utah and Louisiana!  I wish someone would poll Alaska.

[justfollowingtheelections]

Virginia according to Research 2000:

Approve 56%
Disapprove 40%

According to the same poll, Mcdonnell would win easily against any Democrat so it's definitely not a biased poll

http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/5/20/VA/305

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm pretty sure those who think Obama has no chance in Utah thought the same thing about Indiana last year...

[justfollowingtheelections]

It isn't really surprising we have no polls from those 3 states.  They don't have any interesting races in 2010 so no one has polled them.

[justfollowingtheelections]

It isn't really surprising we have no polls from those 3 states.  They don't have any interesting races in 2010 so no one has polled them.

OT but HAHAHA amazing screen name. Google says it exists aswell. lol

thanks

[justfollowingtheelections]

Marist

Approve 56%
Disapprove 32%

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/majority-lauds-obamas-overall-job-performance/

"However, fervor among younger voters has died down.  In those previous polls, 18 to 29 year olds tipped the scales toward the president’s positive approval ratings with his rating among this group in the seventies.  The current proportion of voters within this age group who approve of President Obama’s performance — 61% — is just slightly higher than registered voters in general."

Just as I have been predicting. Once the overly idealistic youth sees that Obama's big government policies won't work, and the Obama loses his novelty, they will start to defect from him.

I highly doubt fervor among young voters has died down because of Obama's "big government" policies.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I honestly don't understand why everyone is giving pbrower such a hard time.  I don't think he ever claimed that THIS is what will happen in 2012.  His maps are clearly based on numbers and the only numbers we have right now are approval/favorability ratings.  There are of course many factors they cannot measure, but they're fun to look at.  I'm sure that if/when Obama's approval ratings drop, pbrower's map will become more red and you will all be happy.

[justfollowingtheelections]

Why is Hawaii mentioned?

Hawaii is not Obama's home state.

He was born there.

Biden was born in Pennsylvania, yet Pennsylvania was not mentioned as one of the home states.

Hawaii loves Obama and they're very proud of him.