The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[yougo1000]

Obama approval (gallup)

49-44 approve and disapprove

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Gallup is bizarre, Approve is -1, Disapprove is +2.

It is proably adding to the disapproval from undecided

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Rasmussen Obama (National)

Approve 48% +2

Disapprove 51% -2


"Strongly Approve" is at 30%, u.  "Strongly Disapprove" is at 40%, -1.

how terrible

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Realclear Politics

48.6   Approve   45.7   Disapprove

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Pollster   Date   Approve   Disapprove
AVERAGE        43.8%    52.3%
AP GFK   5/7-11/10   45   52
CBS   4/28-5/2/10   48   47
ABC Washington Post   4/22-25/10   49   49
Quinnipiac   4/14-19/10   40   55
FOX   4/6-7/10   42   53
USA Today Gallup   3/26-28/10   37   61
CNN ORC   3/25-28/10   44   55
NBC WSJ   1/10-14/10   43   49
American Research Group   12/17-20/09   45   52
Bloomberg   12/3-7/09   45   50
Barack Obama's Handling of Afghanistan War

Do you approve/disapprove of Obama's handling of Afghanistan?
Pollster   Date   Approve   Disapprove
AVERAGE        48.3%    40.1%
AP GFK   5/7-11/10   49   39
ABC Washington Post   4/22-25/10   56   36
Fox   4/6-7/10   49   36
CBS   3/29-4/1/10   48   36
CNN   3/19-21/10   55   42
USA Today Gallup   2/1-3/10   48   47
Quinnipiac   4/14-19/10   49   39
NBC WSJ   12/11-14/09   46   42
Bloomberg   12/3-7/09   48   43
Rasmussen Reports   11/19-20/09   35   41
Barack Obama's Handling of the Federal Budget Deficit

Do you approve/disapprove of Obama's handling of the federal budget deficit?
Pollster   Date   Approve   Disapprove
AVERAGE        34.3%    59.9%
AP GFK   5/7-11/10   35   56
ABC Washington Post   4/22-25/10   40   55
Quinnipiac   4/14-19/10   34   59
Fox   4/6-7/10   31   62
USA Today Gallup   3/26-28/10   31   64
CNN   3/19-21/10   36   62
Gallup   2/1-3/10   32   64
Bloomberg   12/3-7/09   35   57
Barack Obama's Handling of Jobs and Unemployment

Do you approve/disapprove of Obama's handling of unemployment?
Pollster   Date   Approve   Disapprove
AVERAGE        41.1%    52.3%
AP GFK   5/7-11/10    43   48
Fox   4/6-7/10   40   54
CNN ORC   3/19-21/10   45   53
Gallup   3/4-7/10   38   54
ABC   2/4-8/10   47   51
Quinnipiac   4/14-19/10   38   56
CBS   12/4-8/09   38   47
USA Today Gallup   11/20-22/09   40   55
Barack Obama's Handling of Health Care

Do you approve/disapprove of Obama's handling of health care?
Pollster   Date   Approve   Disapprove
AVERAGE        43.0%    52.3%
AP GFK   5/7-11/10   45   51
CBS NYT   4/28-5/2/10   44   48
ABC Washington Post   4/22-25/10   49   49
Quinnipiac   4/14-19/10   40   55
Fox   4/6-7/10   40   53
USA Today Gallup   3/26-28/10   42   54
CNN ORC   3/25-28/10   45   54
NBC   3/11,13-14/10   41   57
Bloomberg   12/3-7/09   40   53
Marist   10/7,8&12/09   44   49

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Gallup

Approve 46%
Disapprove 47%

[yougo1000]

OH, SD, & WA

30%-39%-Dark Dark Red
40%-44%- Dark Red
45-49%- Red
Under 50% approval but approval higher than disapproval- Yellow
50%-54%- Light Green
55%-59%- Green
60%+- Dark Green

Changed it to a map. NOTE: Didn't change PV numbers.

289-249

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Sorry