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Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (-16!)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | December 12, 2009 | Rasmussen

Posted on 12/12/2009 6:34:23 AM PST by Scanian

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -16. That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends).

The 25% who Strongly Approve matches the lowest level of enthusiasm yet recorded. That’s partly the result of declining enthusiasm among Democrats. While Democrats continue to offer their approval, just 43% Strongly Approve.

Among all voters, 36% now believe that the president is doing a good or an excellent job handling the economy while 45% rate his performance in this area as poor. Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats say he’s doing a good or excellent job on the economy while 74% of Republicans say poor. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 52% give the President poor marks when it comes to the economy.

On national security matters, 39% rate the president’s performance as good or excellent while 36% say poor. Most voters nationwide lack confidence that NATO will do its part to help in Afghanistan. The President’s new plan for Afghanistan draws mixed reviews from voters.

Check out our review of the week’s key polls to see “What They Told Us.”

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 are also available on Twitter and Facebook.

Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.

(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; bhojobapproval; christianright; failure; fourth100days; rasmussen; skippy; socialism; tracking; twap
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1 posted on 12/12/2009 6:34:23 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian
Let me be the first to say...

-16Bama! -16Bama!

one more time: -16Bam!!

2 posted on 12/12/2009 6:34:59 AM PST by C210N (A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: Scanian

You made my day! :)


3 posted on 12/12/2009 6:36:48 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Scanian

More bad news for the socialist muslim from Kenya.


4 posted on 12/12/2009 6:37:09 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Scanian

I wonder how much of this downtrend is from the heavy-handed EPA maneuver...


5 posted on 12/12/2009 6:39:08 AM PST by PreciousLiberty (In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
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To: Scanian

Congratulations, Zero...a new record! -16!!!


6 posted on 12/12/2009 6:40:02 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

It will hit -20 by the end of January.


7 posted on 12/12/2009 6:40:51 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: Daisyjane69
You made my day!

...mine too! :^)

8 posted on 12/12/2009 6:41:03 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Scanian

Thanks for the exclamation point in the title. 16! That is hugh!


9 posted on 12/12/2009 6:41:06 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

If not sooner.


10 posted on 12/12/2009 6:41:18 AM PST by library user
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To: Scanian

Added to ‘breaking news’ sidebar.


11 posted on 12/12/2009 6:41:43 AM PST by library user
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To: Scanian
Watch him veer even further to the left to appease all those statist dem nutrootz who don't think he's doing enough for big government.
12 posted on 12/12/2009 6:42:55 AM PST by Jagman
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Won’t matter. He had the independents in ‘08 but he won’t have them in ‘12. Palin will.


13 posted on 12/12/2009 6:43:34 AM PST by library user
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To: PreciousLiberty

I thought his little Oslo half-assed, pro-America speech might help him but I’d hazard a guess that it pissed the peaceniks off and had practically no effect on everybody else.


14 posted on 12/12/2009 6:43:42 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian
The trend is our friend...but do we have time to stop this Chicago-way dictatorship?


15 posted on 12/12/2009 6:44:22 AM PST by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Scanian; C210N; Daisyjane69; jimbo123; PreciousLiberty; who knows what evil?; ...

Overall tabulation shows the nearest to this -16/25% was end of August at -14/28%.

What was going on then?

Looks like the exact crossover point from + to - for Ras’s wierd metric was exactly July 4.


16 posted on 12/12/2009 6:44:27 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Scanian

Pray that America has come to its senses. Pray that this man cannot do any further harm to our country. Pray that American values and its freedoms will outlast this assault on the greatest country on Earth.


17 posted on 12/12/2009 6:44:54 AM PST by Kryn-Man (Self-righteous, gun-totin', military-lovin', redneck)
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To: C210N

GOOD MORNING!!!! unless you are an odumbo supporter


18 posted on 12/12/2009 6:44:58 AM PST by changeitback440
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To: Scanian

Worst. President. Ever.


19 posted on 12/12/2009 6:45:06 AM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Daisyjane69

It made mine too, after two days of gloomy weather in W Central FL!


20 posted on 12/12/2009 6:45:34 AM PST by Scanian
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