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Obama's Approval Rating Has Collapsed In The Past 3 Days
Business Insider ^ | 10/27/2012 | Brett LoGiurato

Posted on 10/27/2012 6:58:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Barack Obama

AP

President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen to dangerous lows for historical precedent on re-election in just the past three days, according to Gallup's rolling three-day average

Gallup's daily tracking poll today — which also showed Obama losing 51-46 to Republican nominee Mitt Romney among likely voters — puts the president's approval rating at just 46 percent.

That's a staggering 7-point swing from Wednesday, when Obama's approval rating sat at 53 percent. And it marks Obama's lowest point since late September.

Obama's disapproval rating, meanwhile, jumped to 49 percent. That accounts for another 7-point change since Wednesday, meaning the total swing has been 14 points. The disapproval rating is the president's highest since mid-August. 

A lot of this could be statistical noise, considering such wild swings without any major-moving events in the past few days are extremely rare. 

But though Gallup's numbers are lower than other polls, there seems to be a trend developing: Every recent poll has put it below 50 percent.

Real Clear politics Obama approval

Real Clear Politics

Here's why the 50 percent threshold is important, per Gallup managing editor Jeffrey M. Jones:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012polls; approval; bhojobapproval; elections; obama
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama's real approval rating HAS NOT CHANGED.

It's just that it's less than 10 days to the election, and so the pollsters finally have to start reporting their real numbers.

21 posted on 10/27/2012 7:20:22 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: txrangerette
Some people, and one in particular, nearer and dearer to my heart than any other humans ever, thought I was way over the top in my warnings about this traitorous muz maggot back in '07.

I hope that now, wherever they are, they/she finally understand/s.





 :-(

22 posted on 10/27/2012 7:22:43 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: CodeToad

Hey, Buckwheat is Coward in Chief. Coward of the country.


23 posted on 10/27/2012 7:23:25 PM PDT by matthew fuller (10/03/2012- America met her last black president.)
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To: SeekAndFind
MUST watch the re run of Judge Jennine Pirro tonight if possible. IT WAS ON FIRE.

COL. HUNT, and others I can't remember. Ty Woods father and siblings, Ann Coulter & Pat Caddell.

Jennine was as furious as we are, Col Hunt called Obama a Coward. Pat Caddell nearly in tears at how the MSN's are handling this.

Go set your recorders, DON'T MISS THIS.

24 posted on 10/27/2012 7:26:09 PM PDT by annieokie (O)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gee, too bad. Chicago thugary and lack of leadership doesn’t seem to be going over too well with the voteing public.


25 posted on 10/27/2012 7:26:41 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: italianquaker

Romney could have said nothing to compare to the breaking news. He wisely decided to let events kick The Disaster’s ass over Libya and hammered him in other areas.

“Mothers he would let your kids die if it were to his advantage.” So much for the gender gap.


26 posted on 10/27/2012 7:33:24 PM PDT by arrogantsob (The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: ari-freedom
" But he saved Big Bird!!! "

Big Bird ?

Big Bird was the secret deployment in hopes they take the bait and run with it... and it worked !! they took the bait.


Romney must be the most shrewdest politician ever or Gen. Patton's ( a la George C. Scott ) Secret Hook, Line, and Sinker deployment of Big Bird head fake worked.


Big Bird ? you magnificent Bastard ! It worked ! they took the bait ! The " Binder " Idea worked also !


27 posted on 10/27/2012 7:35:15 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: SeekAndFind

28 posted on 10/27/2012 7:35:25 PM PDT by Lockbar (Your question is interesting, and I have sometimes had this same question.)
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To: SeekAndFind

His foreign policy has collapsed over the last three weeks and his economic policy has collapsed over the last three months.

Vote him the hell out of office before the entire country collapses!


29 posted on 10/27/2012 7:41:03 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: SeekAndFind

Some of the slow breathers are beginning to realize that Obama is a coward, a liar and doesn’t give a damn about the lives of Americans.


30 posted on 10/27/2012 7:46:16 PM PDT by Gator113 (I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Romney & Ryan.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: SeekAndFind
I don't think Obama has been over 50% at any point in time since the Republican primaries ended. I've thought for quite a while that Mitt is gonna win it with about 55% of the vote. Don't know why, has nothing to do with polls, it's just a feeling.

I want Mitt to win with such a significant lead that there would be no credence given to any bleatings from the liberals about 'voter fraud', AND he could say he has a mandate, because he would have gotten a larger percentage of the vote than Obama got in 2008!

31 posted on 10/27/2012 7:47:01 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SeekAndFind
Baraq has been pushing early voting because he knew he was in a nosedive.Lets hope that that strategy doesn't nudge him over the finish line.Early voting...motor/voter laws,etc are all openings to vote fraud and the Rats know it.That's why they scream so loudly for it.
32 posted on 10/27/2012 7:57:11 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: tomkat

Remarkable how clairvoyant most of us FReepers were in ‘07 and ‘08. Of course, we did something horribly racist and anti-social. We actually sought out and read the truth about the Illegal. The HORRORS of it!!


33 posted on 10/27/2012 8:00:02 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama's Approval Rating Has Collapsed In The Past 3 Days

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Sorry about your luck Barkey. /s

34 posted on 10/27/2012 8:00:21 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: SuziQ

can anybody who has been right on in his/her predictions for the last couple of decades tell me solidly that Romney is going to win this?......I’m am a nevous nellie..


35 posted on 10/27/2012 8:01:06 PM PDT by cherry
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To: SeekAndFind
Does anyone else remember the story of the rock-opera "Tommy" by The Who?
Captain Walker is reported missing and is believed dead. His widow, Mrs. Walker, gives birth to their son, Tommy. Years later, Captain Walker returns home and discovers that his wife has found a new lover. Captain Walker confronts the two and the lover is subsequently killed in the struggle. To cover up the incident, Tommy's parents tell him that he didn't see or hear it, and that he will never tell anyone about the incident. Traumatised, Tommy subsequently becomes blind, deaf, and mute. Now in a semi-catatonic state, Tommy's subconscious manifests as a figure dressed in silvery robes who guides him on a journey of enlightenment. Years pass and Tommy becomes a young man, now interpreting physical sensations as music.

During Christmas, Tommy's parents worry that his soul is at risk of damnation, since he is unaware of Jesus or prayer. One day, Tommy is left alone with his cousin Kevin, who bullies and tortures him for his own amusement. A pimp referred to as "the Hawker" is introduced and peddles his prostitute's sexual prowess, reputed to heal the blind, the deaf, and the mute. Tommy is ultimately taken to this woman, who calls herself the Acid Queen; she tries to coax Tommy into full consciousness with hallucinogenic drugs and sex. When this does not work, Tommy's parents reluctantly leave him temporarily in the care of his Uncle Ernie, an alcoholic child molester. He takes this opportunity to abuse Tommy without fear of being caught. Eventually, Tommy is discovered to have a talent for pinball and quickly defeats the local champion of the game.

In yet another attempt at 'curing' him, Tommy's father finds a medical specialist. After numerous tests, the doctor informs Tommy's parents that his disabilities are psychosomatic rather than physical. Meanwhile, Tommy is internally trying to reach out to them. His mother continues to try to reach him, but becomes frustrated that he ignores her while staring directly at a mirror, despite his apparent inability to see. Out of this frustration, she smashes the mirror and brings Tommy back to reality. This "miracle cure" becomes a public sensation and Tommy attains a guru-like status. Thereafter he assumes a messianic mantle and attempts to enlighten those willing to follow him. During one of Tommy's sermons, a reverend's daughter, Sally Simpson, sneaks out of her home to meet with Tommy. As the police try to control the crowd, Sally is thrown from the stage and suffers a gash on her face. Tommy opens his own home to anyone willing to join him and urges them to bring as many people with them as they can. When his house becomes too small to accommodate them all, a camp is built with the intended purpose of spreading Tommy's teachings. Tommy's Uncle Ernie assists him at this camp, but uses it as an opportunity for profit and to exploit Tommy's disciples. Now with all necessary resources at his disposal, Tommy instructs his followers to blind, deafen and mute themselves in order to truly reach enlightenment. They eventually reject his methods and ideology after finding that his enlightenment is not reached by being cured, but by discovering a state of awareness while blind, deaf, and mute.

from wikipedia

When Bill Ayers scripted Obama's life to unfold the way it has, he may have been guilty of "subconscious plagiarism" of Pete Townshend's work.

Now fortunately for us, like the fictional Tommy, the fictional Obama is facing his rejection and it will probably be Obama that marries the rock musician he met in California.

36 posted on 10/27/2012 8:08:56 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I remember Dick Morris saying once that once in the office, you campaign by being presidential.

I have to say, one of the things that surprised me about O was that he actually ran for a 2nd term. He obviously doesn’t like the actual work of being president.

Campaigning, unless you are in the profession, is not an end unto itself.


37 posted on 10/27/2012 8:10:22 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: SuziQ

I agree, and also haven’t relied on the polls. The “tell” for me was when Scott Walker, after a political Armageddon, won by a larger margin than originally in WI. Walker, although a fine man, really wasn’t just himself; he was the Anti-Omaba, and the Anti-Obama won in liberal WI in spite of all the unions, radicals, and DemonRats could do. With WI down, there was no way the Illegal was going to win.


38 posted on 10/27/2012 8:11:39 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: annieokie

“MUST watch the re run of Judge Jennine Pirro tonight if possible”.....

Thanks, don’t watch any TV, Goggled her. Fox 12am. Giving her a view. DF


39 posted on 10/27/2012 8:14:48 PM PDT by DeadFurrow (Your rights end where mine begins.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Benghazi is taking a toll despite the MSM’s best efforts to ignore and suppress the story.

O’s approval rating is underwater - I don’t see how he can bounce back - not in the time that’s left. The damage is done.


40 posted on 10/27/2012 8:19:55 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved FrieGrnd Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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