All the pundits are saying that President Obama is winning big as the GOP’s ham-handles the government shut down.
Hmmm.
Apparently the pundits don’t look at the numbers.
On Friday, Obama’s sagging approval ratings dropped to 41% in Gallup’s daily tracking poll.
With a 52% disapproval rating, that puts him 11 points underwater in a poll that generally leans a bit to the left.
If you think that Gallup is an outlier, then keep reading …
Gallup’s results are consistent with most of the polls tracked by RealClearPolitics.
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And, RCP’s poll-of-polls shows Obama’s approval decline to be, at best, bottoming out.
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But, let’s not confuse the conversation with facts …
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October 5, 2013 at 10:12 am |
I’m staring to think economists are allergic to doing control experiments.
You really should compare those numbers to polling on congressional Republicans if you want to say anything meaningful about who is ‘winning’. The country may not love Obama, but the freaking HATE the Republicans in Congress right now.
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/congress-approval-government-shutdown-2013-97617.html
See, I told you I read your stuff.
Hope you’re all well,
Damian.