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Gallup: Obama Approval Goes Positive For First Time Since July
Gallup’s tracking poll released Monday shows something not seen since July of this year: President Barack Obama’s approval rating in positive territory. The national survey that interviews 500 American adults per night showed 47 percent of those polled approved of the President’s job performance, versus 45 percent who disapproved. The Gallup poll uses a three day average of their nightly polling, for a total of 1,500 responses over that time.
The last positive score Obama received in Gallup’s numbers was a 46 – 45 split over surveys done from July seventh to the ninth.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/3168
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December 22, 2011
U.S. Satisfaction in 2011 Ranks as Second Lowest Since 1979
On average, 17% were satisfied with national conditions, ahead of only 2008's 15%
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ -- Throughout 2011, an average of 17% of Americans said they were satisfied with the way things are going in the United States. That is the second-lowest annual average in the more than 30-year history of the question, after the 15% from 2008. Satisfaction has averaged as high as 60% in 1986, 1998, and 2000.
The 2011 average includes 15% satisfaction from a Dec. 15-18 Gallup poll, which is a slight improvement from readings of 11% as recently as September. During the year, satisfaction ranged from lows of 11% in August and September to a high of 26% in May, recorded after the United States military found and killed Osama bin Laden.
The 11% readings from August and September are just four percentage points above the all-time low single-poll reading of 7% from Oct. 10-12, 2008, recorded after the financial crisis, passage of the TARP legislation, and a sharp downturn in stock values.
Economic Concerns Continue to Dominate as Most Important Problem
Americans' widespread dissatisfaction with national conditions may largely result from the country's economic woes. Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 64%, currently mention some economic issue as the most important problem facing the country, and the top two specific issues -- the economy in general and unemployment -- are economic in nature. Dissatisfaction with government and elected officials, the federal budget deficit, and moral and ethical decline round out the top five.
For much of 2011, Americans cited the economy in general, unemployment, dissatisfaction with government, and the deficit as the top problems facing the country. The latest update does show a few notable changes, however.
First, the percentages mentioning the economy in general and unemployment are down from November, including an 11-point drop in mentions of unemployment.
Related to this, the 64% of Americans mentioning any economic issue is the lowest Gallup has measured in over a year, since July 2010, though it remains well above the average of 45% since 2001.
Also, the 16% of Americans who say "the government" or "politicians" is the most important problem is the highest Gallup has measured since January 1996. At that time, Congress was involved in a partisan standoff over the budget similar to what is happening now over the payroll tax and what happened several times earlier this year in regard to the federal debt ceiling and budget deficit. Gallup has found Americans' level of trust in government at historic lows in 2011.
Implications
Americans continue to express low levels of satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States, rivaling the lowest Gallup has measured in the past 30+ years. That dissatisfaction probably reflects Americans' economic anguish, and the prospects for considerable improvement in satisfaction are not great unless the economy improves significantly.
This month, Americans have been slightly less negative about the economy, as evidenced by Gallup's Economic Confidence Index scores and the drop in the percentage mentioning economic issues as the most important problem facing the country. Satisfaction levels are up slightly from prior months. Still, all of these measures remain low from a historical perspective and reinforce the point that Americans remain largely unhappy with the state of the country.
Survey Methods
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Dec. 15-18, 2011, with a random sample of 1,019 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±X percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each sample includes a minimum quota of 400 cell phone respondents and 600 landline respondents per 1,000 national adults, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region. Landline telephone numbers are chosen at random among listed telephone numbers. Cell phone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday.
Samples are weighted by gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education, region, adults in the household, and phone status (cell phone only/landline only/both, cell phone mostly, and having an unlisted landline number). Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2010 Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older non-institutionalized population living in U.S. telephone households. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting and sample design.
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
View methodology, full question results, and trend data.
For more details on Gallup's polling methodology, visit www.gallup.com.
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Must be the Christmas season, and the fact he hasn't had a press conference in a while.
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Must be the Christmas season, and the fact he hasn't had a press conference in a while.
Maybe that he went away for two weeks.
He is plague on this nation. I curse and damn every obama voter for life. nly thing better would be if they were all sent to prison for life.
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Must be the Christmas season, and the fact he hasn't had a press conference in a while.
or could be the absolutely pathetic way the Repubs handled the payroll tax cut extension
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or could be the absolutely pathetic way the Repubs handled the payroll tax cut extension
or the way Obama lied once again and promoted his ponzi scams and bullshit failed policies?
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or could be the absolutely pathetic way the Repubs handled the payroll tax cut extension
yeah, that was ugly, no doubt about it. But I think that hurt house repubs more than it helped obama.
I think even tho things aren't great - we're avoiding 911s, we're killing bad guys, and the economy, while sucking, isn't collapsing.
Remember bush issued 3 trillion in bailouts - true adonis posted a great thread on it. Sure, obama did the 787 billion, but that's it. He's not bailing out indistries 50 bill at a time every monday morning.
Sad to say, coupled with a lower standard/expectation - we have more STABILITY under obama than bush.
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yeah, that was ugly, no doubt about it. But I think that hurt house repubs more than it helped obama.
I think even tho things aren't great - we're avoiding 911s, we're killing bad guys, and the economy, while sucking, isn't collapsing.
Remember bush issued 3 trillion in bailouts - true adonis posted a great thread on it. Sure, obama did the 787 billion, but that's it. He's not bailing out indistries 50 bill at a time every monday morning.
Sad to say, coupled with a lower standard/expectation - we have more STABILITY under obama than bush.
Are you kidding? Fucking kill yourself if you buy into that bs. .
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240 is off his meds...or he's bandwagon jumping again.
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lol
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Are you kidding? Fucking kill yourself if you buy into that bs. .
dude - your life seems to be one long perpetual meltdown these days
you've admitted repeatedly that you're a complete asshole so why not a bit more self reflection and realize that you're a friggin loon as well and the majority of the country doesn't agree or believe anything that you do
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Are you kidding? Fucking kill yourself if you buy into that bs. .
I didn't say his policies aren't destructive. However, it's tough to argue the average american felt more stability under Bush than Obama.
How many times have you shit your pants in fear about planes falling from sky (911) or opening your mail (anthrax)?
How many times have major banks collapsed under obama?
How many times has obama had to issue emergency funds to auto industry?
Obama's policy sucks, but he does okay because he is calm and not always trying to scare/agitate people.
Bush did everything he coudl to convince americans to be scared (wrong).
Obama does everything he can to convince americans everything is perfect and happy 9also wrong).
overall, unless youre a political junkie, youre scared less now than you were under Bush.
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I didn't say his policies aren't destructive. However, it's tough to argue the average american felt more stability under Bush than Obama.
How many times have you shit your pants in fear about planes falling from sky (911) or opening your mail (anthrax)?
How many times have major banks collapsed under obama?
How many times has obama had to issue emergency funds to auto industry?
Obama's policy sucks, but he does okay because he is calm and not always trying to scare/agitate people.
Bush did everything he coudl to convince americans to be scared (wrong).
Obama does everything he can to convince americans everything is perfect and happy 9also wrong).
overall, unless youre a political junkie, youre scared less now than you were under Bush.
I have a feeling 333 shits his pants on a regular basis
the dude is not stable
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dude - your life seems to be one long perpetual meltdown these days
you've admitted repeatedly that you're a complete asshole so why not a bit more self reflection and realize that you're a friggin loon as well and the majority of the country doesn't agree or believe anything that you do
I'm sorry Straw - any obamabots like yourself are in Z E R O position to attack anyone else on dishinesty considering the bullshit you have supported over the last 4 years.
Z E R O - obamabots like yourself are the biggest scam, joke, fraud, and plague on the nation we have ever seen. I thought that Bushbots from 2005- 2008 were bad - fuck - you beaten wives take the damn cake.
Obama could rape you and infect you with a rare strain of HIV and you would ask for more.
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I didn't say his policies aren't destructive. However, it's tough to argue the average american felt more stability under Bush than Obama.
How many times have you shit your pants in fear about planes falling from sky (911) or opening your mail (anthrax)?
How many times have major banks collapsed under obama?
How many times has obama had to issue emergency funds to auto industry?
Obama's policy sucks, but he does okay because he is calm and not always trying to scare/agitate people.
Bush did everything he coudl to convince americans to be scared (wrong).
Obama does everything he can to convince americans everything is perfect and happy 9also wrong).
overall, unless youre a political junkie, youre scared less now than you were under Bush.
You are sick in the head. Americans are getting pooper by the month as a result of obama's communist policies and you call that astable?
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I'm sorry Straw - any obamabots like yourself are in Z E R O position to attack anyone else on dishinesty considering the bullshit you have supported over the last 4 years.
Z E R O - obamabots like yourself are the biggest scam, joke, fraud, and plague on the nation we have ever seen. I thought that Bushbots from 2005- 2008 were bad - fuck - you beaten wives take the damn cake.
Obama could rape you and infect you with a rare strain of HIV and you would ask for more.
I have just as much "position" to attack you as anyone else
of course since you're a closet commie you don't believe this
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You are sick in the head. Americans are getting pooper by the month as a result of obama's communist policies and you call that astable?
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dude - your life seems to be one long perpetual meltdown these days
you've admitted repeatedly that you're a complete asshole so why not a bit more self reflection and realize that you're a friggin loon as well and the majority of the country doesn't agree or believe anything that you do
No douche....most people aren't left wing lib assbags.
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No douche....most people aren't left wing lib assbags.
most aren't batshit crazy like 333 either
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
Back down to 44% and falling.
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thats all he need when the repubs run “embarrassing candidates like Cain and others.” thats what Krauthammer says :D
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
LOL - 41% today and dropping.
TTTTTIIIIIMMMMMBBBBEEEER RRRR!!!!!!!
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Obama’s approval rating plummets
The Hill ^ | 12/29/11 | Amie Parnes
Posted on December 29, 2011 8:19:55 PM EST by Libloather
Obama’s approval rating plummets
By Amie Parnes - 12/29/11 05:34 PM ET
President Obama enjoyed a surge in popularity this week — but the bounce proved to be remarkably short-lived.
A Gallup tracking poll released Thursday showed that Obama is once again underwater, plummeting to 41 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval, a sharp drop from earlier in the week.
A survey released Monday showed the president had a sudden uptick in the opinion poll, with 47 percent of respondents approving of the way he was handling his job and 45 percent disapproving. It was the first time since July that more people viewed him favorably than unfavorably.
The bounce in popularity came on the heels of the payroll-tax cut debate, when Senate Democrats and Obama stood firm to force House Republicans into accepting a two-month deal.
After emerging as the winner in that debate, the president headed to Hawaii on Friday for a Christmas vacation with his family.
Obama, who has spent much of his down time on the golf course and out with his family, has not appeared at a public event since leaving Washington.
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Back to 41%. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Will it go back up when the economy falls off a cliff again when all the temps get shit-canned in a few weeks? ::)
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He must have spoken today.
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He must have spoken today.
Think he was too busy raging all over people who tried to take his picture at that restaurant where plates start around $250/person. He's only cool with being photographed at spots like Targets where us plebes shop.
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Think he was too busy raging all over people who tried to take his picture at that restaurant where plates start around $250/person. He's only cool with being photographed at spots like Targets where us plebes shop.
Or making his annual pilgrimage to church.
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Or making his annual pilgrimage to church.
He and the wife are probably stealing money from the collection basket.
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He and the wife are probably stealing money from the collection basket.
lol, you've got an evil streak in ya 33.
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It's up because he is letting the Republicans do what they did in 95... They are doing all of the talking in Washington and they are causing all of the strife right now, so the American public is seeing Obama as not such a bad guy... similarly to what happened with Clinton.
If they nominate Romney, it's over for the Republicans... I hope you get ready for President Hillary in 2016 because that's where this is going. (After she is VP in 2012)
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It's up because he is letting the Republicans do what they did in 95... They are doing all of the talking in Washington and they are causing all of the strife right now, so the American public is seeing Obama as not such a bad guy... similarly to what happened with Clinton.
If they nominate Romney, it's over for the Republicans... I hope you get ready for President Hillary in 2016 because that's where this is going. (After she is VP in 2012)
It's already back down to 41% again.
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It's already back down to 41% again.
Sounds like Obama to me... I wonder if he's praying that the Republicans nominate Newt or Romney?
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Sounds like Obama to me... I wonder if he's praying that the Republicans nominate Newt or Romney?
I don't see how he beats Romney.
For all the shit people say about Romneycare, how can Obama actually attack it? "Hey guys, Romney passed this system and it turned out to be shit and I knew that but I still went ahead and did it anyway. Vote for me!"
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I don't see how he beats Romney.
I seriously think Paul is his big opponent... Paul will take the middle from him... Romney won't.
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I seriously think Paul is his big opponent... Paul will take the middle from him... Romney won't.
Romney is a moderate. He'd do fine with the middle, in my opinion.
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Just wait until the primary is done and the attacks on Obama's handling of the economy start. When the bottom falls out again in the next 3 months like it probably will there's going to be no escaping it. They're too busy attacking each other right now but it's going to be hilarious when they focus everything on Obama. They have more ammo than they know what to do with.
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I don't see how he beats Romney.
For all the shit people say about Romneycare, how can Obama actually attack it? "Hey guys, Romney passed this system and it turned out to be shit and I knew that but I still went ahead and did it anyway. Vote for me!"
That's a good point, Barry can't really go after him on the healthcare issue.
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Romney is a moderate. He'd do fine with the middle, in my opinion.
but will the base show up to vote?
18% of 2004 republican voters stayed home - didn't vote - in 2008. They didn't want the moderate mccain, and the trigger happy, moose hunter palin didn't help with that.
Romney is arguably way worse than mccain in terms of being flip flopper, liberal, etc. If a far-right VP didn't help Mccain, why would it help romney?
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but will the base show up to vote?
18% of 2004 republican voters stayed home - didn't vote - in 2008. They didn't want the moderate mccain, and the trigger happy, moose hunter palin didn't help with that.
Romney is arguably way worse than mccain in terms of being flip flopper, liberal, etc. If a far-right VP didn't help Mccain, why would it help romney?
Because we hate Obama more than anything you can imagine.
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Gallup: Obama Approval Goes Positive For First Time Since July
Gallup’s tracking poll released Monday shows something not seen since July of this year: President Barack Obama’s approval rating in positive territory. The national survey that interviews 500 American adults per night showed 47 percent of those polled approved of the President’s job performance, versus 45 percent who disapproved. The Gallup poll uses a three day average of their nightly polling, for a total of 1,500 responses over that time.
The last positive score Obama received in Gallup’s numbers was a 46 – 45 split over surveys done from July seventh to the ninth.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/3168
Check it out today simple jack
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
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Check it out today simple jack
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
only a fools run by polls,and you proved my point :D :D
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only a fools run by polls,and you proved my point :D :D
Only pole Bama is focused on right now is Larry Sinclaire's
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time to leave you by yourself i think your going full retard
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
Back down to 39% - what a train wreck
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He dropped to 40% in 2012, didn't he? Can never win re-election with numbers that low, nobody ever has. But he did.
wait til 2015 then he libs the shit out of things as a lame-duck with nonstop executive orders.