Posted on 11/14/2011 6:56:26 AM PST by ScottinVA
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 (see trends).
That’s the president’s best Approval Index rating in three months. Still, most voters continue to favor repeal of his primary legislative accomplishment, the health care law.
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 are also available on Twitter and Facebook
Overall, 50% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's job performance. That’s the first time since June that the president has reached the 50% mark. Forty-nine percent (49%) at least somewhat disapprove.
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“Also, a factor I believe that if anyone else’s life is like mine, this is an extremely busy time of the year and I pay attention to politics just a little less.”
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Thats a good observation. We should not be surprised in seeing his numbers improve slightly between now and the end of the year. It will be busy with the holidays and people’s minds will not be on politics.
Well are all of you daily poll way watchers just going to have your breakdown and co hide in the corner?
Boo hoo, the daily tracking poll in 2011 says Obama is going to win in Nov 2012.
Really?
Go do something productive and stop acting like pathetic defeatists.
Runs around pointing fingers at everyone. Hes just been more active lately.
Even so its disheartening that people believe him.
It’s time to start looking State by State.
Indiana, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia all look to be falling out of Obama’s column. That leaves Ohio and one TBA.
If Obama loses the four above, and he loses Ohio, all we have to do is drop one more from his column. Wisconsin, Nevada, Colorado, New Hampshire, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa or Pennsylvania are are States that could be considered “flippers”, and are all States he needs to heavily defend.
It won’t be “easy”, but the path to victory (at least in the EC math) is pretty straight forward: Flip Ohio and one other, or flip any 3 from that list and Obama cannot win.
Bingo
He’s out of the country.
Relax we haven't even nominated a candidate, let alone re-elect Zero!!!
Amen!!! I just saw on Fox News an hour ago that Obama 43% Generic Repub 43%
Obama is still going to get 45% of the vote a year from now unless there’s a complete economic collapse... if we’re headed into a depression, his numbers could start caving in. A year is an eternity in the political calendar.
“huge war chest”
His fundraising has been disappointing and way below what he and pundits have been boasting.
It is not recovering. Where do you live?
I work with hundreds of employers and they are still in layoff mode and will not hire due to the DC/Obama crap.
Rasmussin is skewed, I am afraid.
Not a big surprise. The GOP traveling circus (aka the endless debates) is fertile ground for the liberal media to make foolish the GOP as a whole, while taking the focus off Obama. Too many debates, too much GOP infighting is giving Obama the chance to make up ground.
He LEFT the country.... just NOT HEARING his whiny voice for a few days improves his ratings..
Rasmussen is the standard and worth checking every day. I too have watched the rise coming. This Obama guy can get over 50% in 2012, if we are not careful. After all, it is only briefly that he polls, at Ras, under 45. This means with a little tomfoolery he can, in a pinch, rouse up 6% by next November.
This past 10 days sees Perry’s fall and Cain’s peaking and neither has been helpful. These events leave then the spot light on Santorum and Bachman and Gingrich. The first two are seen as too “extreme”, and Newt will get a baggage hit next. This leaves Romney standing. Romney is a bore and an empty suit.
People are voting their pocket book, and if we can’t come up with a fluent, tried and proven conservative candidate who does ECONOMICS and JOBS, and who doesn’t make everyone cringe, we are going to get Romney. Expect that the Perry bashing has sold voters on Romney, I’m afraid.
How much difference is there between Romney and Obama? Heck, that’s why polls in the know are seen this week to be betting on Obama.
what has fundamentally changed for the democrats since the shellacking they endured in November ‘10? If anything, it’s worse today for the democrats, and new scandals are on the horizon, and the economy is worsening. and obama is even asking bubba how to get re-elected. wt*
“huge war chest”
His fundraising has been disappointing and way below what he and pundits have been boasting.
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I haven’t seen that reported, but I hope it is true.
“When that happens it’s not going to be pretty.”
It won’t be pretty if he loses either. How many inner cities do you think will burn? Me? I’m bringing marshmallows and hotdogs.
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