Posted on 09/01/2009 4:56:18 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
(CBS) President Obama's approval rating on health care has dropped six points since July to 40 percent, and now more Americans, 47 percent, disapprove of his handling of health care, according to a new CBS News poll taken between Aug 27 - 31.
As the president's poll numbers sink on the issue, two-thirds of Americans remain confused about the health reform proposals on the table.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama's overall approval (56 percent) and handling of the economy (53 percent) are not much changed from last month. (Read more here.)
Americans are not only skeptical of Mr. Obama's handling of health care, but also of the effectiveness of reform. Americans are more apt to say the middle class and small business would be hurt, not helped, by the plans currently under consideration.
Still, the public continues to say the health care system does need reform, and that things will worsen if nothing is done. Americans strongly support government regulations on insurance companies, including cost controls and mandates for covering all applicants.
CBSNews.com Special Report: Health Care
Anger and Skepticism
As angry protests erupted over health care at town hall meetings over the month of August, Americans in general became angrier on the issue.
One-third call themselves dissatisfied with the way the Obama administration is handling health care, and another 17 percent describe themselves as angry about it. Thirty-four percent are satisfied, and just 11 percent are enthusiastic.
Who is most angry? Conservatives (33 percent), Republicans (36 percent) and Americans age 65 and over (21 percent) are some of the most likely to say they are angry about the Obama administration's approach to health care reform. Meanwhile, in the president's own party, Democrats are more likely to be satisfied (55 percent) than to be enthusiastic (21 percent).
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Hmmmmm, from a suspect CBS poll no less.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama’s overall approval (56 percent) and handling of the economy (53 percent) float like limpid, fart-filled balloons overhead, slowly leaking the Essense of O...
Since his JA ratings are inflated in this poll, I’d guess the ObamaCare ratings are inflated as well. They’re in the 30s, I’d bet.
46% of those polled think it won't effect them personally???? I am dumbfounded. Speechless.
This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1097 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone August 27-31, 2009. Phone numbers were dialed from random digit dial samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.
This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
Adults: not likely voters or by party, just adults.
Subgroups? See above. How the heck do they come up with subgroups from pablum “adults?”
This is called sequestering the issue,ostensibly showing everyone that Obama is approved on other issues. BULL!
Meanwhile our economy is under a slow bleed destruction of currency devaluation, so that USDs will no longer be the worlds reserve currency.That will reduce our standard of living horribly!!!!!
They should have thought of that before they voted for the son-of-a-bitch. Now it is too late because the Democrts are going to pass it and obama will sign it.
The 2010 electons will be a landslide win by Republicans anf they will repeal it, right? Wrong! ACORN has billions of dollars to see that it don’t happen. Also, obama’s private security force will be up and running by then.And last but not least,obama’s thugs and goons will have a free hand to threathen and intimidate to their hearts content because the Justice Department will be on their side.
The only way to stop them is to get better at their game than they are.
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Another bogus poll from the MSM.
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Wow. From CBS? When even CBS can’t come up with good numbers for their guy, it must be BAD.
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Good post potlatch
Note CBS’s numbers are rigged
That separate Republicans & Conservatives & Seniors
democrats are rigged to look as a united group
No way to compare parties, Indys, groups
A BS poll
My old reliable formula :
Add at least 5% to Republican results
Sometimes add 15% or more (LA Times for example)
This proved very accurate in 2002 and 2004
Also happy that some of the MSM is finally having to report these numbers!
They probably hung on till they heard O say "If you like the health plan you have, keep it", and tuned out without hearing the announcer say sotto voce at 300 WPM "unless they change some aspect of the plan, or you change employers, or you are presently unemployed, or...."
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