Lowest Total Approve, 41%, September 9, 2010.
Highest Strong Disapprove, 47%, September 5 and 9, 2010.
Highest Total Disapprove, 58%, June 18, 2010 and September 9, 2010.
Lowest Presidential Approval Index, -26, August 23, 2011, setting a new low. Previous low was -24 on September 9, 2010 and August 22, 2011.
Current Strong Approve at absolute low. Total Approve is three points above his absolute low.
Current Strong Disapprove is two points below the absolute peak, and Total Disapprove is two points below the absolute peak.
Overall Presidential Approval Index sets new absolute low. This is primarily driven by a drop in Strong Approve to historic lows, while Total Approve has held steady over the last 30 days.
This move in the Strong Approve is probably a loss of support in Obama's hard left base, rather than a loss in the center-left.
Since we are likely to see more interesting numbers in the near future which will call for you to make similar posts, would you mind adding an abyss category? I believe the worst number was -4 or -5.