Posted on 09/16/2011 4:43:40 PM PDT by sunmars
For the first time, more Americans have an unfavorable opinion of President Obama than have a favorable opinion of him, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll released late Friday, an indication that dissatisfaction with the president's job performance and the direction of the country is dragging down how Americans view Obama personally.
Just 39 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of Obama, while 42 percent view him unfavorably. In January of this year, 40 percent had a favorable image of Obama, and 34 percent had an unfavorable opinion. In January 2009, as he was inaugurated, 60 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of him.
While the president's approval rating -- which is down to 43 percent in the new poll, an all-time low -- is an important indicator of his re-election standing, the high regard Americans felt for Obama personally was a sign that Americans hadn't yet given up on his presidency.
In the new CBS News/New York Times poll, Obama is being crushed by negative data points:
-- 72 percent of Americans believe the nation is on the wrong track, a new high for the Obama presidency.
-- 49 percent of Democrats now say that Obama's job performance has been worse than they expected.
-- 47 percent of Americans are either "not very confident" or "not at all confident" that Obama's jobs legislation "will create jobs and improve the economy."
-- Obama's favorable/unfavorable rating among independents: 31 percent/41 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com ...
Did the NYT/CBS pollsters have a really-really-really-unfavorably option?
Rasmussen shows Barry having a big comeback. These polls are all over the place.
He never had the right, he lost the left, and he’s losing the center.
well i hope they didn’t just poll nobody but them gun clutchin bible thumpers.....u know how THEY feel... ..
Probably significantly worse among "US citizens", "registered voters" and "likely voters".
Toxic Baraq Syndrome - usually fatal.
Epidemic hitting Democrat candidates nationwide.
Infection expected to peak around Nov 2012.
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You might find this interesting. While some polls are showing Man-Child with a bounce, the number of respondents who think the US is going in the wrong direction keeps growing.
Hmm.
The author is Steven Shepard, not National Journal
The MIRACLE is that Hussein didn’t go upside down before now. Seriously. He is BAD. I have lived through 9 Presidents in my life so far and have studied American history from childhood. He is THE most inept, inexperienced, incompetent occupant of that office BY FAR.
Hell, Franklin Pierce probably was suffering from full blown clinical depression for most of his term and HE wasn’t this bad.
The MIRACLE is that Hussein didn’t go upside down before now. Seriously. He is BAD. I have lived through 9 Presidents in my life so far and have studied American history from childhood. He is THE most inept, inexperienced, incompetent occupant of that office BY FAR.
Hell, Franklin Pierce probably was suffering from full blown clinical depression for most of his term and HE wasn’t this bad.
The MIRACLE is that Hussein didn’t go upside down before now. Seriously. He is BAD. I have lived through 9 Presidents in my life so far and have studied American history from childhood. He is THE most inept, inexperienced, incompetent occupant of that office BY FAR.
Hell, Franklin Pierce probably was suffering from full blown clinical depression for most of his term and HE wasn’t this bad.
And worse still among "tax payers".
I cant believe his numbers are that high.
About 50% of our country must be stark raving bonkers!
In my household Obama has a 100% disapproval rating, and has since 2006 when he and his buddy Odinga invaded the Kenyan election to try to turn northeastern Kenya into a Muslim territory intended to be annexed to Somalia.
This week I was in Santa Fe, the liberal hotbed of New Mexico. A boomer friend-of-a-friend, who was a member of “America’s first commune” (in Taos), is known for photographing Woodstock, and was a member of the 2008 Obama campaign in NM, confided over breakfast this morning that she spent yesterday handing out Obama 2012 campaign literature in the square in Santa Fe. She said she got a lot of unexpected abuse and few takers for her bumper stickers and posters. She did, however, say that the foreign tourists were nice to her, especially people from Germany and a couple from Kenya.
never look at a single poll, go to Real Clear Politics and see the average of all the polls, and look at the trends to see where he really stands at any given moment.
When you do that you will quickly see that Obama has been stuck in the low 40’s for about a month, averaging all the polls weeds out the outliers on both ends.
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