Gallop: The Obama Bounce is History (unemployment rate, Congress, Pelosi, rating)
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Way to select specific issues and try to extrapolate to his overall approval rating. Remember - some of us are actually smart and educated enough to have developed analytical thinking skills.
Depending on the poll, his approval rating remains extraordinarily high given the crisis he's guided us through, around 50%. Some are down in the high 40s, others up to 55%.
When a pole for Obama is going up (which was the bounce) the (L) was all over the polls saying look look...this poll.....he doing better...
But when a (R) posts a poll about obama's numbers....they (the R's) get beat up say...wait till 2012 thats the olny poll that counts....or the "white polsters".....
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I laugh at those that post info white winged pollsters such as Rasmus and Gallup.
I wonder if the above statement would be considered raceist if a known (R) said it?
Gallup shows Obama at 27% approval on handling deficit, 37% on economy
Remember all that talk about Barack Obama’s bounce in the polls after the lame-duck session? We can officially proclaim that duck cooked now, and the bouncing cat officially dead, or at least comatose. Gallup’s latest survey on issues and presidential approval shows Obama below a majority on every single issue — and seriously underwater in the highest priorities for voters in the last midterm election:
President Barack Obama’s approval rating for handling the federal budget deficit has gone from bad to worse in recent months, even as his ratings on all other major national issues have generally held steady. Currently, 27% of Americans approve of Obama on the deficit, down from 32% in November, while 68% disapprove.
Overall, Obama is doing much better on international issues than domestic ones. Among eight issues on which Obama was rated in the new poll, Americans give the president the highest approval ratings on foreign affairs and the situations in Egypt and Afghanistan. The deficit, the economy, and taxes rank among his lowest ratings, alongside healthcare policy.
The survey was conducted Feb. 2-5, as the Obama administration was stepping up pressure on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to make a decision about continuing to lead his country in light of mass protests calling for his immediate resignation — protests with which Americans generally sympathize. The relatively small percentage disapproving of Obama on Egypt (32%) makes his overall net approval on that issue the highest of any issue tested, at +15 percentage points.
That may be Obama’s best category, but it’s still the sound of one hand clapping. On foreign affairs, Obama gets a 48/45, which is his highest approval rating among all issues — and it comes in the middle of a crisis, when Americans usually rally around a President. By the time this survey started, Obama had received little domestic criticism over his handling of the Egyptian crisis, and indeed not much at all until the final day of the survey, when his own envoy to Mubarak contradicted Obama’s calls for Mubarak’s departure. The 48/45 on overall foreign policy and the equally weak 47/32 are not votes of confidence, but weak and shallow support at best.
Obama has equally mediocre numbers on Afghanistan (47/46) and energy policy (43/42), but falls deep underwater on politically crucial issues:
When a pole for Obama is going up (which was the bounce) the (L) was all over the polls saying look look...this poll.....he doing better...
But when a (R) posts a poll about obama's numbers....they (the R's) get beat up say...wait till 2012 thats the olny poll that counts....or the "white polsters".....
I wonder if the above statement would be considered raceist if a known (R) said it?
I dont follow white winged pollsters. With good or bad polls. sorry
People dislike the job he's doing on the important issues that matter.
I know many people that I like as people.
It doesn't mean I would want them handling my finances.
The facts cannot be ignored.
Nicely put!
I don't know if I would like Obama the man but your comment is nice.
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