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.

[potlatch]

Rain on Obama's parade.

[RatsDawg]

Zogby was on the Hannity radio show about 3 weeks ago or so predicting that he see’s Obama’s numbers going up!

So I am surprised to see them this low on his poll!

[jessduntno]

لا أكثر

[PhilDragoo]

Our economy is heading straight for the 1930s.

[rod1]

I he keeps this dive up, pretty soon the democrates will be asking to see his actual birth certificate.

[MamaDearest]

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

It's not funny to Janet Napolitano and her ilk. Anyone who dares disagree with dear leader is likely "on her list." The sad part of this is how in plain view even the most basic freedoms we have in this nation are fast disappearing and there is not a whimper from the passive and compliant MSM. Don't liberals apply the word racist to pretty much anyone who disagrees with them?

[jessduntno]

Is he getting all wee wee’d ON?

[Zakeet]

[Shqipo]

لا أكثر —Thank you. I thought that was the correct spelling.

[PhilDragoo]

Rainy days and Mondays--or maybe the sky is wee-weeing on the One (where 1=0).

[jessduntno]

Hahahahahaha....

WHAT made me think I could do this job?

[RatsDawg]

“52% of all likely voters are proud to have Obama as President”

They are “proud” yet feel he is doing a horrible job?

Really, I would bet the farm that most of the people saying they are proud are just saying it to make them not sound racist.

[italianquaker]

Blacks because he is black will never go away

[Scanian]

I expect something like Hitler in the bunker in April ‘45: “They’re all traitors!!” “They never deserved me!”

[HardStarboard]

Jeepers, I thought it was news when he was at 46% this morning.

The wheels are com’in off!!

[Soul Seeker]

It’s Zogby.

Rass matters because his poll has been so accurate in elections. Gallop matters only because it’s historical and those in Washington give it more attention than it’s results deserve.

Zogby’s polls have neither in their favor.

The only thing this pol does is add to the template Obama is struggling and drag the average of polling down.

[ronnie raygun]

Zero for a zero, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ......

[libh8er]

Wow I never thought so many Democrats would turn KKK

Democrats, ARE and have always been, the real KKK.

[potlatch]

[Is he getting all wee wee’d ON?]

Yep!