Posted on 08/09/2009 5:28:46 AM PDT by ScottinVA
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 31% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8 (see trends).
Check out our review of last week’s polls to see “What They Told Us.”
The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter.
Overall, 50% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.
The President earns approval from 85% of Democrats while 84% of Republicans disapprove. As for those not affiliated with either major party, 42% give the President their approval.
Congress earns good or excellent reviews from 14%.
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Great news. The trend is our friend again. The Town Hall meetings are taking their toll on Obama.
The stock market has been doing pretty good. I believe that’s what made his numbers go up a bit again.
Yeah, I don’t get it either.
I can only think that maybe a large number of people are just starting to engage on the health care thing and, until they really start to understand, “health care reform” sounds good to them.
If Bush employed Chicago tactics on anti-war protestors, the media would be crying scandal adn demand an independent counsel to investigate. With the White House sending in SEIU and ACORN to beat down townhall protestors, this is a scandal and abuse of power.
Do we have to wait until his approval rating plummets to zero before the Great One can be chased out of office?
There could also be a slight delay before national events have an effect on the populace. I would suspect those negatives will once again be in the double digits by sometime this week.
Maybe.
The numbers to watch are those for independents.
What other organization that scores 14% on TWO categories (good and excellent) could stay in business?
Who are these 16% of “RINO’S” who approve? Are these the idiots who keep voting in Colins and Snowe?
I always hear that but I think the most important numbers come from the opinion of the true base of the candidate. Bush’s poll numbers began to sink when his base turned against him for implementing socialist policies. If Obama can turn his base against him he won’t be re-elected.
There is no way to spin these numbers in a good light. I haven't even heard them trying.
Down the stretch, the race was remarkably stable. Rasmussen Reports showed Obama receiving either between 50% of the vote and 52% for the last 40 days of Election 2008. The ranged tightened a bit during the final two weeks—Obama received either 51% or 52% of the vote on 13 of the last 14 days.
For McCain, the numbers stayed between 44% and 47% of the vote for the final forty days of the campaign. He was at 46% or 47% of the vote every day for the final nine days of the tracking poll.
This consistency is important because it reflects the reality around us. When it comes to selecting a President, the overwhelming majority of Americans do not change their minds on a daily basis. Any poll showing volatility should automatically be viewed with caution
“He hit -12 as the lowest at Rasmussen. I don’t know why it jumped back up to -8 so quickly.”
Might have had something to do with the feel goodie of bringing the journalists back from NK -starring King Bill
Our baseline targets are established based upon separate survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews) and targets are updated monthly. Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 38.4% Democrats, 32.7% Republicans, and 28.9% unaffiliated. Likely voter samples typically show a slightly smaller advantage for the Democrats.
A normal person would look at the ratings and say “I’m doing something wrong. I’ve got to change”
A lib says “This is a right wing conspiracy. I’m right, and I’ll make sure those dissenters are taught a lesson”
The sudden two point drop is a direct reflection of his calling out his army of thugs to crack skulls at the town hall meetings. Every time he behaves like a Chicago racist street punk the polls immediately drop. He can be his own worst enemy.
So this means 31% of Americans are brain dead, right?
What you have to delineate is the strongly approve and strongly disapprove number and the general approval/disapproval number.
It is my contention that those Lefties who somewhat approved of Obama had become stronger in their belief in Obama because of the healthcare issue which was reflected in the poll numbers earlier in the week, but if you look at the actual approval/disapproval numbers you will notice they have not changed much over the last 3 weeks and actually over the last 23 days Obama has been at 51% or below in his approval (favorable) number.
Democrats have been known to pull more votes than there are voters in some towns. I want Obama to be the first to have more strong disapprovers than there are citizens in the country.
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