Obama More Unpopular Than Bush
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Lo, how the mighty have fallen:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 25% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21 That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President…
Gatewaypundit says that Bush’s strongly disapprove was at 43% at the end of his term.
UPDATE: And the GOP holds an 8 point lead in the “generic” ballot.
UPDATE II: And Dick Cheney is named Conservative of the Year – Gay Patriot nominates for Conservative of the Decade.
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20 Responses to “Obama More Unpopular Than Bush”
Caucus of Corruption
Much in agreement, Mark.
Woe is Us – Says the American people.
We are a force to be reckoned with.
Mr. Obama now knows his true eligibility for the position of POTUS. Which is 0, F – which is for FAILED.
Not too good for a guy who thinks he’s a B+.
Says a lot for the current state of our public schools and their grading system…
Oh, wait–it’s Rasmussen. It’s a right wing poll!!!
///sarcasm off///
keef,
True, our liberals will discount, but even using my real measurement of a poll’s work – its ability to track trends, if consistently done – this is just shattering news for Democrats who thought they had won another 60 year majority in 2008.
Jeremiah,
We will have them – the Revolution comes.
Mark,
Then, of course, they would argue that it’s not comparing strongly felt opinions either way that matters when compared to total approval/disapproval numbers. Although I do wonder if there is a correlation between relative “strength” of opinion and tendency to vote.
Observer just hit it on the head. Presidential popularity is conventionally measured using something called “approval rating.” Obama’s approval rating is 44%. Bush’s lowest approval rating was 25%; Nixon’s was 24%, and Truman’s was 22%.
I find the sudden surge in strong disapproval as Republicans remember there’s a healthcare bill to be interesting. It will be interesting to see if it has the effect of lifting the Democrat’s spirits a bit; this has already happened with Howard Dean.
this has already happened with Howard Dean.
Now there is a real benchmark.
Gay Patriot nominates for
PA-Lease! KEEP the AGENDA…nobody wants it.
One more reason why he is unpopular……
Transvestites, Mao And Obama Ornaments Decorate White House Christmas Tree”
by Capitol Confidential
http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/22/transvestites-mao-and-obama-decorate-white-house-christmas-tree/
Sergei,
I think the more Obama and his Democrats press this agenda, the more unpopular they become. The majority DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS. They voted for a centrist uniter who promised open government, bi-partisanship and fiscal responsibility – the people have been had, and they know it. That liberal Democrats might end up happy is entirely unimportant.
in the fall of his first year…bush had an approval rating of almost 90%…so its not even a comparison by any means serg…to compare apples to oranges…your typical libtard smear on the truth has little meaning in fact…
Why do you consistently link to Rasmussen polls when they are so far skewed to the right and yet call them as absolute fact?
Go to pollster.com and see a summary of a large number of polls. Some are right-leaning like Rasmussen, some are left-leaning like when they include Daily Kos. When you look at an aggregate of a bunch of polls, the far reaching ones get marginalized.
For example, Ras has it at 45/55. CNN has it at 54/44.
Right now, the average is about 48% approve 48% disapprove.
Yes, that is a drop from innauguration day, but you had to expect that with the poor economy and unemployment. Things have been bad, the approve/disapprove numbers could be significantly worse.
Worse than Bush? Only according to Rasmussen. No other poll is even remotely close.
As far as your “generic” poll:
Pollster.com on PARTY ID
IND / DEM / REP
Rasmussen has 31 / 36 / 33
No other poll even has REP in the 30’s. The next highest would be USA Today that has 35 / 35 / 28
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Pollster.com on a “National House Ballot”
Rasmussen has 44 REP to 36 DEM
No other poll has the Dems at less than 41.
Yes, the average puts the REPS ahead 43-40, but not nearly as much as Rasmussen claims.
Joe,
Rasmussen’s numbers for:
November 2008: 41.4% Dem, 33.8% GOP
November 2006: 37.5% Dem, 31.4% GOP
November 2004: 38.6% Dem, 37.1% GOP
With that kind of track record, you’d better darn well pay attention to what Rasmussen says.
In addition to that, if you take the WSJ poll, you’ll see its of 1,008 Adults – and its just happenstance that they put in to the mix 30% Dem, 21% GOP and 42% Ind. The pollster in such polls DECIDES what mix he thinks is best to reflect the overall demographics of the voter pool. If the WSJ really thinks that at the next election only 21% of the electorate would be GOP, then they’ve got rocks in their heads. They, of course, know very well the GOP total won’t be that low.
In 2008, a year in which lots of GOPers stayed home and Democrats were on fire, the exit polls shows that the electorate was 39% Dem, 32% GOP and 29% Ind – and, as you can see, that tracks very well with what Rasmussen found.
You go on whistling past that graveyard but, at least for now, Democrats are mud with the electorate.
Um, which agenda? The public option? It’s gone. The expansion of Medicare? It’s gone too. The bill has changed dramatically over the course of the year. The reason the poll numbers have been moving the way they have is that Republicans have finally realized that they’ve lost, while progressives have realized they haven’t won.
“That liberal Democrats might end up happy is entirely unimportant.”
If you think that liberal Democrats are happy, you need to get out from under a rock and start following the news. The liberals are positively apoplectic.
SA
The public option? It’s gone. The expansion of Medicare? It’s gone too. The bill has changed dramatically over the course of the year.
If you believe that nonsense, your brain it’s gone.
i think the next campaign slogan should be dump the foo’s…all of em…
Neocon,
Are you claiming that the public option and/or the expansion of Medicare is still in the bill? If so, where in the bill is it?
How closely have you been following the debate?
SA
How closely have you been following the debate?
“DEBATE”
HAW HAW HAW,
TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED PAGES ……UNREAD PACKED WITH SHIITE……you call that debate?
This is the closest thing to a coup with out a shot being fired as there ever has been.
The shots (medical of course) are coming sure as tomorrow if this “passes” aka rammed through .