Posted on 02/28/2011 1:42:04 PM PST by napscoordinator
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -10 (see trends).
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I could not agree with you more. I’ve been asking about this for several weeks now. The fact that he is at -10 and 49% overall is completely unbelievable to me.
To simply explain it away by saying that the public is ‘brain dead’ isn’t good enough. We just had a fantastic mid-term result in November so that alone tells me that the public is paying attention. For some unexplainable reason, roughly 50% of the public thinks Obama is immune from blame for the situation we are in. Un-effin-believable!
It’s ‘statistical noise,’ nothing more.
It appears that everyday folks want a POTUS that talks and acts tough.
American’s reflex to support their President when the world appears to be drifting towards Anarchy.
This will fall apart with a few months paying 5 bucks a month for a gallon of gas.
It was -16 yesterday. Ridiculous
I hope to God you are right... It is sickening to think this fraud is still beloved by half the populace.
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Bollocks. I don’t believe any poll, these days even Rasmussen.
Weekend syndrome.
For crying out loud, just IGNORE these polls!
What good does it do other than make you frustrated?
LLS
Unfortunately, the nation has changed quite a bit from the days of Jimmy Carter, or even Bill Clinton.
He basically got a bump for extending the Bush tax cuts which hasn't completely dissipated yet.
Obama always does better on weekends - tougher to get a full and accurate sample. Rasmussen is a three day rolling sample.
When international issues arise, the great leader’s numbers will consolidate. It is mostly likely some noise in the sample (I mean everyone was watching the Oscar’s last night—who was answering their phone?)
If you tossed a coin a hundred times each day, some days it will be 55 heads, and another it could be 45 heads. That doesn’t mean the likelihood of a tossing a head changed between those 2 days.
Same is true here, just because it’s -20 one day and -10 on another does not mean his approval changed, there is a certain level of statistical randomness with any daily poll.
If he had the same result every day without variation then you can be sure he’s cooking the numbers.
Long term trends is what matters with these polls, not the daily changes.
No, voters are sheep who want so badly to love 0bama they`ll cast aside all reality to keep him. They don`t understand why he`s a flop (majorities still blame Bush for the economy), so they defer to the DNC propaganda branch, aka the “media” to guide their thoughts. The only way he loses in 2012 is a badly timed (for him) disaster.
Well, he is setting up the next Kosovo. WTH do many of you expect?
We are our own worst enemy. We will pay for it. If we would just get the next election out of our minds, we might have a chance.
What we don’t know is that we, as the GOP morons, have shown him the way.
Keep pointing out what a weenie he is, you get him and his minions showing he ain’t a weenie. Thanks folks. Geesh.
It seems that as things get worse (ie economy, debt, inflation, etc) it has effect on his approval. None what so ever...
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