The Homa Files

 TakeAway: All major polls show that Obama’s approval rating is still over 50%, but showing significant recent slippage. 

For the first time, Obama’s Presidential Approval Index has gone negative.  Keep reading …

* * * * *

Rasmussen

Overall, 53% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far … 46% at least somewhat disapprove.

But, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday showed that 32% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President … 34% Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2.

That’s the President’s lowest rating to date and the first time the Presidential Approval Index has fallen below zero for Obama.

Sorted by self-identified race, Obama’s PAI is plus 80 among blacks, minus 6 among whites, and minus 7 among all others.

By party affiliation, Obama is plus 56 among Dems, minus 50 among GOPs, and minus 6 among independents.

38% say we’re on the right track, 56% say we’re on the wrong track.

These results are consistent with recent Gallup and WSJ polls summarized below.

 
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Gallup

President Barack Obama’s job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 — a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking.  In the past couple of weeks, Dem approval has remained unshakable; GOP has fallen by 8 points; Independent support has fallen by a whopping 11 points.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/121028/Obama-Job-Approval-Slips-58-First-Time.aspx

* * * * *

WSJ / NBC

Since Feb., approval is down 4 or 5 points – disapproval is up 8 points – as some “not sure” have become negatively “sure”

This entry was posted on June 22, 2009 at 7:59 am and is filed under Obama Administration. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.