Zogby: Obama Approval Plummets to 42 Percent

Zogby / Newsmax ^ | August 31, 2009 | John Zogby

[library user]

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President Barack Obama's job approval rating is down to 42%, with a decline in approval from Democrats the leading factor.

The latest Zogby Interactive poll of 4,518 likely voters conducted from August 28-31 found 48% disapprove and 42% approve of the job Obama is doing. The poll found 75% of Democrats approve of Obama's performance, a drop of 13 points among Democrats from an interactive poll done July 21-24 of this year. That same poll found 48% of all likely voters approving of Obama's job performance, and 49% disapproving.

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In the time between the two aforementioned polls, Zogby conducted a similar interactive survey from Aug. 18-20. That poll found 45% of all likely voters approving of Obama's job performance and 51% disapproving. So Obama is up very slightly overall from 10 days earlier.

The Aug. 28-31 poll also found that:

• 17% give Obama an excellent job rating, 25% rate him good, 16% fair and 41% poor. Combining the two highest and lowest rankings shows 42% rating Obama positively and 57% negatively. (This is the standard Zogby International has used for many years in measuring job performance.)

• Likely voters are closely split on whether they have a favorable opinion of Obama, with 50% favorable and 48% unfavorable. Democrats are more positive about Obama personally than they are of his job performance, with 85% rating him favorably.

• 52% of all likely voters are proud to have Obama as President, and 35% are ashamed. The percentage of those proud is unchanged from six weeks ago.

• A majority of likely voters (53%) believe the U.S. headed in the wrong direction, with 38% saying right direction.

[omega4179]

Its heading straight for the 30s!

[omega4179]

down to 42%, with a decline in approval from Democrats the leading factor.

Wow I never thought so many Democrats would turn KKK
/sarc

[icwhatudo]

Down Down to goblin town...

[library user]

Zogby has 0’s approval at four percentage points lower than Rasmussen’s. I think Rasmussen said 0’s approval was 46% today.

[Republic of Texas]

When the Arab pollster puts the Muslim President’s positives at 42%, you know he’s in trouble.

[jessduntno]

Its heading straight for the 30s!

Fitting, giving what he’s doing to the economy...

[Names Ash Housewares]

[Sleeping Freeper]

My biggest concern is what happens when this guy starts wigging out.... He really hasn’t been tested yet. He’s so aloof, he may not be able to handle this kind of rejection....

[Steven Tyler]

Ohhhh, so many new racist’s (ie anyone who does not like 0bama) in the U.S.A. (LOL)

[taillightchaser]

They didn’t poll me or it would be zero—no pun intended.

[Shqipo]

How do you say “No mas” in Arabic, Barack?

[BunnySlippers]

Thank heavens! I want it to be ZERO ...

[raptor29]

Can you imagine the coverage this would be receiving if a Republican President was going down the drain so quickly?

[Tarpon]

The Democrats were the KKK.

[MinorityRepublican]

Obama sure knows how to run a great campaign but he doesn’t know how to govern, that’s for sure! Case in point, President Bush’s invasion of Iraq was initally very popular with the American people at least for a year.

[Frantzie]

Our economy is heading straight for the 1930s.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Doesn’t Zogby lean Democrat..damn, Obama is at 42 percent that is PATHETIC. I think what Bernie Goldberg said a few months ago is ringing true, when all is said and done all Obama will have left is the media who made him and worked their hardest to get him elected, and the far left, other then them Obama will have no one supporting him anymore

[meatloaf]

I must be out of touch. Does he get all wee wee’d up before or after he wigs out? Or am I totally lost with modern political speech?

[icwhatudo]

Obama at 51% in Gallup poll, if he falls below %50 by November he will be 3rd fastest to do so since WW2