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Obama Drops Below 50% in Gallup
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November 20, 2009
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President Obama's job approval numbers will dip below 50% for the first time today in Gallup's daily tracking poll, according to a Gallup official.
"Gallup Daily tracking results just in. Obama will be below 50% for the first time when we update our numbers at 1:00 p.m.," wrote Gallup.com managing news editor Lymari Morales on Twitter.
His approval numbers have bounced down to the 50% mark several times, driven by weaker support from independents and Republicans, but hadn't crossed it.
The slide is worrying for the White House, but it's probably not yet panic time. Ronald Reagan's approval numbers dropped well below 40% during the depths of his first term recession. If Obama's bad stretch puts him in the high forties or low fifties, that's not a crippling political problem. If he languishes there or drops further, it may become one.
UPDATE: The Gallup data is now online. Gallup notes that Obama fell below 50% at almost the exact same mark in his presidency that Reagan did, and attributes the drop -- most of which took place over the summer -- to the economy and to the health care debate.
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It will keep going down. He has boxed himself in.
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seems like he might not even care at this point.
entertaining the idea he may only run for the 1 term... unreal.
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As we have pointed out in several other threads, the difference between Reagan's situation and Obama's situation is that Reagan had to jack up interest rates to kill inflation. This caused a nasty recession in the short run but payed dividends for the next 25 years. Now, interest rates are so dam low that the fed is lending it out almost for free. Gold keeps going up and the dollar keeps skidding. I cant think of anything that Obama is doing that will provide long term benifits. To be fair, one thing that is happening that is causing a lot of short term pain but will pay dividends in the long run is that people are saving more and paying off debts. But that is the market doing that, not Obama.
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Fox dynamic poll has him at 46%. Of course he doesn't care, its not about what the people want, that entire administration are a bunch un-ethical, communist, treasonist pricks who have no business be dog catcher let alone running a country!
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Fox dynamic poll has him at 46%. Of course he doesn't care, its not about what the people want, that entire administration are a bunch un-ethical, communist, treasonist pricks who have no business be dog catcher let alone running a country!
When was the last time a President actually gave a shit what the public thought of him?
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Fox dynamic poll has him at 46%. Of course he doesn't care, its not about what the people want, that entire administration are a bunch un-ethical, communist, treasonist pricks who have no business be dog catcher let alone running a country!
are you sure they didn't have him at 18%? 46% is pretty high for Fox. According to my Fox/Real World equation, that puts Obama at over 70% approval. :o
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are you sure they didn't have him at 18%? 46% is pretty high for Fox. According to my Fox/Real World equation, that puts Obama at over 70% approval. :o
lol
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seems like he might not even care at this point.
entertaining the idea he may only run for the 1 term... unreal.
Where did he say that? Quote please. And just the exact quote, not the whole article if would.
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As if his poll number mean anything when considering Bush's all time lows.
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As if his poll number mean anything when considering Bush's all time lows.
It took YEARS to get there. Obama is racing there.
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It took YEARS to get there. Obama is racing there.
I wonder what BUSH's rating was before 9/11? Also, it took Bush years to get there because he had a war to boost him up for some time.
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I wonder what BUSH's rating was before 9/11? Also, it took Bush years to get there because he had a war to boost him up for some time.
For sure. This is why Celente says Obama might pull a war to get him out of a jam.
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hedge,
33 started a whole thread with the exact 'one term' quote.
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Obama's probably having a laugh while rolling a blunt, blowing a line and burning his college records.
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Obama's probably having a laugh while rolling a blunt, blowing a line and burning his college records.
More like looking for people he can bow to.