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Middle Class Is Abandoning Obama: Majority Approval From Americans Making Less Than $24,000
CNS News ^ | June 15, 2010 | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 06/16/2010 4:01:26 AM PDT by SJackson

Middle Class Is Abandoning Obama: He Gets Majority Approval Rating Only From Americans Making Less Than $24,000 Per Year

(CNSNews.com) - The middle class is abandoning President Barack Obama, according to data released by the Gallup Poll. The only income bracket among which a majority still says they approve of the job he is doing as president are those earning $2,000 per month or less.

During the week of June 7-13, only 46 percent of Americans overall told Gallup they approved of the job Obama is doing as president, tying for the worst week of Obama's presidency. Two weeks ago, forty-six percent also said they approved of the job Obama is doing, and last week 47 percent said they approved.

But when the president’s approval is separated by incomes groups, it is only the lowest income bracket recorded by Gallup—those who earn less than $2,000 per month—that gives Obama a majority approval rating, with 52 percent saying they approved of the job he is doing as president.

Among those earning $2,000 to $4,999 per month (or $24,000 to $59,988 per year), 46 percent said they approved of the job Obama is doing. Among those earning $5,000 to $7,499 per month ($60,000 to $89,988 per year), 44 percent said they approved of the job Obama is doing. And among those earning $7,500 or more per month ($90,000 per year or more), the highest income bracket recorded by Gallup, 47 percent said they approved of the job Obama is doing.

The last time Obama’s approval topped 50 percent among the $24,000 to $59,988 income bracket was the week of May 10-16, when it was 51 percent. The last time it topped 50 percent among the $60,000 to $89,988 income bracket was the week of May 3-9, when it was 51 percent. The last time Obama’s approval topped 50 percent among the $90,000 and above income bracket was the week of April 19-25, when it was 51 percent.

Obama’s current 52 percent approval among Americans earning less than $2,000 per month is the lowest it has been among that income bracket in his presidency. In the week of April 19-25, his approval was at 60 percent in this income bracket. It has dropped eight points since then.

The week of his inauguration—Jan. 19-25, 2009—Obama’s approval was 73 percent among those earning less than $2,000 per month, 66 percent among those earning between $2,000 and $4,999, 69 percent among those earning $5,000 to $7,499 per month, and 66 percent among those earning $7,500 per month or more.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010polls; bhojobapproval; polls; poverty; welfarestate
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To: caver

My son, 23, works HARD for his money and barely makes $20K a year. I’m sure he’s not looking for sympathy because he understands his lot in life. Other than my wife and I, he relies on no one to provide him assistance. Good for him - it appears that we’ve raised him to be a responsible adult.

It’s no wonder the ‘pubs get a bad name amongst those less fortunate than others. Blanket statements such as “And I’m supposed to have sympathy for the ‘poor’? (sic) Ain’t gonna happen.” is the EXACT mentality that the left uses to attack the right.


41 posted on 06/16/2010 5:04:28 AM PDT by imfleck
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To: caver

You know alot of them do you? ‘Poor’ people that is. And you know for certainity that they are bloodsucking leeches?

Not all ‘poor’ people are as you paint them. Various times in my own life I’ve been in that bracket myself but I have never voted my liberty away and I’ve never lived off the government...EVER. Plenty of hardworking people in the rural areas fall into category.


42 posted on 06/16/2010 5:09:47 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Blessed Is The Nation Whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: driftdiver; caver
And if I might add to your comment rich people voted for this madman as well.
43 posted on 06/16/2010 5:14:10 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Blessed Is The Nation Whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: SJackson
Ironic, isn't it, that the segment of Americans most likely to feel the full brunt of Obama’s disastrous policies are the very people who still support him?

Sometimes I think that there are a certain percentage of people in this country who are just full out, flat-assed, incurably stupid.

44 posted on 06/16/2010 5:17:52 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: SJackson
basically he is down to welfare recipients and blacks who vote based on skin color alone.
45 posted on 06/16/2010 5:26:59 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

And college students.


46 posted on 06/16/2010 5:38:50 AM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: ladyvet
Never mind....if I say it that dumb little black kid will show up and call me a racist.

What makes you think he's dumb? I can see calling the video dumb, but...

47 posted on 06/16/2010 5:41:23 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

My son and his wife have 4 children. He has been active military for 11 years. Anytime an unexpected bill comes up,I get the phone call. “Can I help” I will never say no to them as I know how hard my son works and my DIL does odd jobs as well as went back to school. I am proud of them both and will help them as long as I am able. Other family members, not so much. Especially the Bambi voter/supporters. They can kiss my a**... Sorry but that’s it. I’ve had it.


48 posted on 06/16/2010 5:55:42 AM PDT by MarineMom613 (Please God, Watch over our Military Men & Women at this perilous time in our world.)
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To: MarineMom613

I try not to assume level of intelligence/education and voter status based on skin color.

I can see calling the video stupid, but calling the kid stupid based on his skin color alone isn’t something I’d do.


49 posted on 06/16/2010 6:05:17 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: Dust in the Wind

I know of many ‘rich’ people that think nothing of using illegal workers for lawncare just so they can save a few bucks.


50 posted on 06/16/2010 6:18:09 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: two23

No they voted for hope and change, just as the media and their parents trained them to do.


51 posted on 06/16/2010 6:18:41 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SJackson

If they’re “earning” less than $24k, they’re getting another $24k in tax free benefits.


52 posted on 06/16/2010 6:18:56 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: caver

That resentment is an intentional consequence of the left’s policies -

divide and conquer.


53 posted on 06/16/2010 6:19:41 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: reagan_fanatic

‘Sometimes I think that there are a certain percentage of people in this country who are just full out, flat-assed, incurably stupid. “

And for that I blame their parents and the generation that allowed this to happen.


54 posted on 06/16/2010 6:20:07 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
"No they voted for hope and change, just as the media and their parents trained them to do."

Yes, "feel" instead of "think" and become an instrument of destruction for those who hate America.

55 posted on 06/16/2010 6:28:37 AM PDT by two23 (Everything About Them Is a Lie)
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