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Obama approval rating -22, Lowest Obama approval rating, May 26, 2010, Rasmussen, 45% strongly disapprove

Obama approval rating -22, Lowest Obama approval rating, May 26, 2010

From Rasmussen May 26, 2010.

“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-five percent (45%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -22. That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for this president (see trends).

Enthusiasm for the president among Democrats, which bounced following passage of the health care law, has faded again. Just 48% of those in the president’s party now Strongly Approve of Obama’s performance. That’s down from 65% earlier.

Among men, 20% Strongly Approve and 50% Strongly Disapprove. Among women, those numbers are 27% and 40% (see other recent demographic highlights).

The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates are also available on Twitter and Facebook.

Overall, 43% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president’s performance. Fifty-five percent (56%) disapprove.

The number who give the president good or excellent marks for handling the economy has fallen to 35%. That’s down four points from a week ago. Forty-eight percent (48%) say the nation’s economic problems were caused primarily by President Bush while 43% blame President Obama. See other measures of the president’s performance at Obama By the Numbers.”

Read more:

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

Election 2008, latest polls, AOL, CNN, Rasmussen, Obama, Clinton, McCain

Barack Obama has slipped in the polls due to his connection with racist pastor Jeremiah Wright. Polling data is always suspect, however, the new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll today, March 18, 2008 looks suspect. Here is the Rasmussen data that came out yesterday:

“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows John McCain with a six-percentage point lead over both potential Democratic opponents. McCain currently leads Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton by an identical 48% to 42% margin. McCain has a double-digit lead over Clinton among unaffiliated voters and is essentially even with Obama among those same voters. However, McCain makes greater inroads among Democrats with Obama as the nominee.”

The Rasmussen data appears to reflect the reaction of the public to racist comments of pastor Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s pastor and mentor. Now look at the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll data:

Obama and Clinton are locked in a dead heat with the Arizona senator. If Obama wins the nomination, he would get 47 percent of the vote compared to 46 percent for McCain,  a statistical tie given the poll’s 3 percentage point margin of error. If Clinton wins the nomination, the poll indicates she would get 49 percent compared to McCain’s 47 percent,  also a statistical tie.

“Clinton appears to do a little bit better than Obama among older voters, women, and self-identified Democrats against McCain; Obama’s numbers may be slightly better among younger voters and those who describe themselves as Republicans and Independents,”

Is the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll biased?

Now for the AOL unscientific poll today. Today, March 18 2008 at approx 12:00 PM, here are the results:

Who do you think will be the Democratic presidential nominee?
Hillary Clinton 50% 
Barack Obama 50% 

Total Votes: 83,497

Which candidate would make the best president?
John McCain 48% 
Hillary Clinton 30% 
Barack Obama 22% 

Total Votes: 91,723

Interesting!

Obama leads Clinton, Mississippi democratic primary, latest polls

On March 10, 2008 I posted the results of my informal, unscientific, poll:

The current results, Monday, March 10, 2008 are:

  • Yes  38.7 %
  • No   54.8 %
  • Too early to tell 6.5 %

I did not realize when I posted these numbers that they almost exactly match the CBS poll of February 25.
CBS Poll:
Obama 54%
Clinton 38%

Here are the latest poll results from 2 leading pollsters:

Mississippi democratic primary 

American Research Group

Obama 54%
Clinton 38%

Rasmussen

Obama 53%
Clinton 39%

Interesting numbers. Coincidence?