Ken’s Take: The press constantly points to Obama’s 60% approval rating. That’s good, but drilling down: since inauguration day, total approval is down 5 points, strong approval is down 7 points, strong disapproval is up 10 points, and the approval index (strongly approve minus strongly disapprove) is down to 11 from it’s high at 30. He got a pop from the nationally televised press conference, but it faded quickly.
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Excerpted from Rasmusssen Reports, February 14, 2009
Overall, 60% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far … that’s down 5 points from 65% just after the inauguration.
37% strongly approve of the President’s performance so far … that’s down 7 points from 44% just after the inauguration
26% strongly disapprove of the President’s performance so far … that’s up 10 points from 16% just after the inauguration
48% of Republican voters nationwide now voice such a negative opinion, up from 29% in the first polling after inauguration day.
85% of African-American voters strongly approve of the President’s performance so far … 30% of white voters do
66% of political liberals strongly approve of the President’s performance while 50% of conservatives Strongly Disapprove.
Obama’s Presidential Approval Index (the differ3nce between the strongly approve and strongly disapprove) is now 11, down from 28 just after the inauguration
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49% of Americans trust their own judgment on economic matters more than they trust the President’s judgment … two-thirds of voters trust their own judgment more than the average member of Congress.
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Source article:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history
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February 17, 2009 at 10:49 am |
I just thought Jack Cafferty’s commentary on CNN went right along your post. It’s a shame. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/cafferty.stimulus/index.html
March 13, 2009 at 8:00 am |
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