Sure, but not by five points. He might or might not be the “best,” but Gallup is certainly not it.
You're certain right about that!
But, at the same time - take a look at this poll:
616 likely voters surveyed October 15-17, 2012
Choice of tickets for president/vice president:
Obama/Biden 39.17 percent Romney/Ryan 59.70 percent Johnson/Gray 0.90 percent
Approval and Disapproval of Barack Obama's performance as president
Strongly Approve 33.48 percent Somewhat Approve 6.36 percent Somewhat Disapprove 3.70 percent Strongly Disapprove 56.46 percent
Total approval and disaproval:
Approve 39.84 precent Disapprove 60.16 percent
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Click on this link - then the date at the top of the page to see the same figures.
This is a conservative website, the number of democrats and republicans isn't given - so the numbers are likely skewed a bit, even though they are supposedly 'unskewed.'
I know the site has been hit by democrats (hard a couple of times) so there is still 'grist for the mill' to be found here.
Our polls about doubly-weighted, to doubly insure the results are most accurate and not skewed, by both party identification and self-identified ideology. For instance, no matter how many Republicans answer our survey, they are weighted at 34.8 percent. If conservatives are over-represented among Republicans in the raw sample, they are still weighted at 89 percent of Republicans regardless. This system of double weighting should insure our survey produces very accurate results, not skewed either way for the Democrats or for the Republicans.