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Obama sees his approval ratings drop after launching 2012 reelection bid
The Hill ^ | Thursday, April 21, 2011 | Sam Youngman

Posted on 04/22/2011 4:10:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

High gas prices and continued anxiety about the economy have taken their toll on President Obama's approval ratings, which have dropped consistently since the president announced he is running for a second term.

Since Obama announced on April 4 with a low-key email and video address to supporters, the president's numbers have gone down in every poll conducted during that period.

Pollsters attribute the president's dropping poll numbers to the rise of gasoline prices, which historically have taken a toll on the popularity of the White House.

Last Friday, a Gallup survey showed the president's numbers at 41 percent, a tie for the lowest point in his administration. At the time Obama announced his reelection plans, the president clocked in at about 49 percent approval.

But in the weeks that followed, which included a near shutdown of the federal government, more unrest in the Middle East and a sharply partisan speech about spending, Obama's numbers have dropped to the mid and low 40s, according to different polls.

Gas prices are traveling in the opposite direction. The average national price of a gallon of gas on Wednesday was $3.83, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. On April 4, when Obama announced his reelection effort, the average price was $3.69.

Prices also rose steadily in March, from an average of $3.47 for the week of March 7 to $3.53 for the week of March 28, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Gallup has Obama's rating at 42 percent, compared with the RealClearPolitics average of polls that puts Obama’s approval at about 45 percent.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 0bama; 2012; 44; illegalimmigration; obama; obamanation; obamao; zerobama
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The writer, editor, and publisher couldn't resist their tingly urge to carry water for the Kenyan-born Muzzie.

1 posted on 04/22/2011 4:10:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Obama bows down to Saudi King | American Thinker | April 02, 2009 | Clarice Feldman | Posted on 04/02/2009 8:19:47 AM PDT by rdb3
Obama bows down to Saudi King | American Thinker | April 02, 2009 | Clarice Feldman | Posted on 04/02/2009 8:19:47 AM PDT by rdb3

2 posted on 04/22/2011 4:10:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

I didn’t check to see if this had been posted, so, mea culpa if so.


3 posted on 04/22/2011 4:11:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

Let’s hope people ask themselves “Am I better off than I was 4 years ago”?


4 posted on 04/22/2011 4:14:05 PM PDT by bigbob (u)
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To: SunkenCiv

He will try to lie his way through.


5 posted on 04/22/2011 4:17:12 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yeah, it’s all the fault of high gas prices and a sluggish economy. Hussein didn’t do a thing to deserve these falling poll numbers.

Oh, I almost forgot - it’s unexpected, too.


6 posted on 04/22/2011 4:19:29 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I attribute the drop to pure unadulterated terror at the mere mention of 4 more years.

Beware Hilary, republicans have foolishly boosted her myth.


7 posted on 04/22/2011 4:20:10 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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Let’s hope people ask themselves “Am I better off than I was 4 years ago”?

Only gov't employees could answer affirmatively.

8 posted on 04/22/2011 4:24:54 PM PDT by mlocher (Is it time to cash in before I am taxed out?)
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9 posted on 04/22/2011 4:32:21 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: SunkenCiv
and may I say as the scumbag in chief, he is unparallelled in his ability to destroy this great nation...don't let it happen...

dump obambi in 2012..elect a great President Sarah Palin


10 posted on 04/22/2011 4:40:36 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now, and in the future)
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To: SunkenCiv

if you were looking for a POS as president, here is your boy


11 posted on 04/22/2011 4:42:06 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now, and in the future)
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To: SunkenCiv

40+ seems way too high all things considered.


12 posted on 04/22/2011 4:51:10 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Windflier

and Bush’s fault.


13 posted on 04/22/2011 5:03:23 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (If Obama announced his resignation that would probably bring gas to $2.30 within an hour.)
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To: smoothsailing

Gotta love the footprint on the chair.


14 posted on 04/22/2011 5:05:16 PM PDT by upchuck (Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: upchuck
Gotta love the footprint on the chair.

And that white feather in Rahm's hair.
Oh wait, that's my cursor...

15 posted on 04/22/2011 5:09:58 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (0bama let Lt. Col. Lakin go to prison rather than show his paperwork.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Approval ratings drop when announcing bid for reelection? That can’t be good. Has this ever happened before? Carter? Anyone?


16 posted on 04/22/2011 5:11:29 PM PDT by OldNewYork (social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)
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To: SunkenCiv

What happened to Rahm’s finger?


17 posted on 04/22/2011 5:20:54 PM PDT by Atlantan
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To: OldNewYork
I admit that I will suffer gladly till 2013 if we don't get 4 more years of Obama.

The Saudis hate him , first he cost them 108 Billion dollars to bribe their people.

He criticized them for sending troops to Qatar

Mubarak was a great friend and a buffer to Saudi Arabia.

The will not increase oil production for Obama in fact already cut 800,000 before June Opec Meeting.

18 posted on 04/22/2011 5:23:52 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: SunkenCiv

Since the polls are usually skewed towards the democrats, I’d say that the 41% is about 3 to 5 percent too high (and that may be too conservative of an estimate). If I had to fathom a guess, I’d say his true approval rating is somewhere between 35% - 38% and headed downwards.


19 posted on 04/22/2011 5:26:49 PM PDT by MissouriConservative (Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. - H. L Mencken)
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To: Atlantan
He cut it on a meat slicer, and then proceeded to swim in a dirty lake. The finger got infected to the point that it required amputation. Anyway, that's the true story.

The legend that is advanced by Rahm advocates is that he lost the finger during active duty for the Israeli Defense Force.

20 posted on 04/22/2011 5:28:43 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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