Posted on 01/15/2010 2:38:00 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
No one in the White House is celebrating over the latest polls. President Obama’s job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent in a flurry of recent surveys. Rasmussen has him at 46 percent; Quinnipiac at 45; in Gallup he’s clinging to 50. The Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll released Thursday had some heart-stopping numbers for Democrats: The president’s job approval was at 47 percent, down from 61 percent in April. Only 26 percent of respondents said they strongly approved of the president’s performance, compared to 38 percent in April. Just 39 percent said they would probably vote to reelect him, just 23 percent definitely.
To put this into historical context, Gallup’s Lydia Saad notes that:
Obama's initial approval rating in his second year as president is among the lowest for elected presidents since Dwight Eisenhower. Only Ronald Reagan -- who, like Obama, took office during challenging economic times -- began his second year in office with a lower approval score (49%). However, Obama's disapproval rating is slightly higher than Reagan's was (44% vs. 40%). This augurs poorly for Democrats in the short run -- this year’s mid-term elections -- but not necessarily for Obama. Looking back at presidential approval numbers, it is possible to posit an inverse relationship between a president’s rating at the end of his first year and the eventual success of his presidency. Using the Gallup numbers, the highest two ratings at this stage of a presidency were enjoyed by George W. Bush (84 percent) and George H.W. Bush (80 percent). Bush 43 won a second term but ended his presidency with job approval numbers in the 20s. Bush 41 lost reelection. Gallup’s bottom three were Clinton (54), Obama (50) and Reagan (49). Not bad company for the current president to be in.
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“obuma will be the most hated American president of all time.”
He’s certainly giving Carter a run for his money on how MISERABLE he can make us!
The US Misery Index combines Inflation with Unemployment...and Inflation is JUST starting to rear her ugly head!
http://www.miseryindex.us/customindexoneyear.asp
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