Posted on 10/16/2009 6:27:49 AM PDT by markomalley
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11 (see trends).
Forty-six percent (46%) have a favorable opinion of Vice President Joe Biden.
The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter and Facebook.
Overall, 47% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. That figure has stayed in a very narrow range between 47% and 52% every day for six weeks. Fifty-one percent (51%) now disapprove (see recent demographic highlights).
Yay!
How in the heck can the “far right” be an enemy? Perhaps only to left-wing socialists.
>> For the past two months, Ø’s approval numbers ahve been very stable. I believe he’s reached his baseline as far as people changing their opinion about him - those who like him will like him no matter what <<
I suspect you’re basically on target as concerns the “strongly approve” number. Probably won’t go much below 27 or 28 per cent.
The total or “somewhat approve” number may, however, be a different story. I doubt that it has yet bottomed out. But of course, only time will tell.
(I’m just waiting for the day when the “strongly disapprove” percentage rises above the “some approve” number. Keep your fingers crossed!)
This is a reasonable response in most instances - it's stupid and unreasonable to expect the big ship of the economy to turn on a dime under any administration's actions, good or bad. But most brain-dead Ø supporters forget that we've had a democratically controlled Congress to two years prior, laying the groundwork for the economic suffering we're seeing now. I don't exonerate all Republicans for their complicity in this housing fiasco (the main cause of this economic upheaval), but Democratic policy is the root of what went wrong.
Yes, as we continue to languish in this economic recession, (despite the recent market rally, it will get worse), more Obamabots will be shaken loose from their moorings, and at least not strongly approve. It will get harder to blame an increasingly distant president. Fortunately, I think a lot of attitudes will come to head around the time of the mid-term elections a year from now.
Where are all the posters from a few days ago who were saying Rasmussen was just a shill for the Dems?
And as the little boy asked him in New Orleans.”Why does everybody hate you”?
Time is not on Dear Reader’s side.
Last Friday, it was announced Obama received the Peace Prize.
This Friday, the net approval is -11%.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE WEEKEND!
it will be easier to get rid of.
Not new - see trends link - scroll down to 9/30 for first 28%. 45% Total Worshipers on 9/1.
-14 on 8/23
Disagree with you. I think you’ll find less supporters saying they strongly approve....He has room still to fall there.
If your chart his graphs... he back to a slope that puts him at the -15 and below here quick. He would have reached that long before now had he not gone on the TV, Nobel, Chicago Olympics etc. Well have harder time to pass heatlh care with numbers in the -15 to -16.
One question, when does the rollback occur, 2010 or 2011?
With numbers this low he’ll have to hijack the alpahabets for another primetime lovefest pretty soon.
I think it’s starting in tax year 2010—so most people would file on it in April, 2011. Though I imagine they’d see their witholding go up starting in January, 2010?
Those are great effing numbers!
Dear READER, as in READING a prompter eh? Instead of DEAR LEADER?!
lol! THAT IS CLASSIC!
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