Posted on 05/07/2010 6:46:36 AM PDT by Kartographer
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13 (see trends).
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I guess his Katrina is starting to take its toll
It is Friday, but those pesky polls are getting to be like the unemployment numbers. Stephanopolous will work his magic this weekend. Barry probably does need to get out and do some more ribbon cuttings at animal shelters, though.
What’s the total approval/disapproval?
Date 5/7/2010
Presidential Approval Index -13
Strongly Approve 27%
Strongly Disapprove 40%
Total Approve 45%
Total Disapprove 54%
>> I guess his Katrina is starting to take its toll <<
Possible, but not likely — my wishes to the contrary not withstanding!
This morning’s drop in the Index is probably just a meaningless statistical blip. And since it’s actually a three-day moving average, look for the number to stay in the vicinity of -13 or -14 tomorrow morning (Saturday) and again on Sunday.
Monday morning will give us an important report to monitor. If the Index stays near the current level or falls on Monday, then we probably are into a new downward trend for the Annøited Øne’s ratings.
More likely, however, the Index will be trying early next week to move back up to its recent average value ca. -11.
Now for some basic statistics:
The Index’s average value over the 48 days since the health-takeover vote now stands at -11.13, with a standard deviation of 2.26. These calculations imply a “margin of error” of plus-or-minus 4.52.
If we round to the nearest whole number, the lesson here is that we shouldn’t get particularly excited by any Index number unless it’s higher than -7 or lower than -16 AND unless the “out-of-range” number holds for more than three days.
What has he dont in the last month or so that would cause less people to strongly disapprove of him? I honestly thought that once people went into the “Strongly Disapprove” category, they would never leave it.
Thanks!
Health care anger has faded. .. However, I think when September / October roll around people will focus more, and I doubt this Fabian Commie is going to get a bye on the last 2 years.. We'll see.
Thnx
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