AP: Obama approval rating plummets to 37%

[SA210]

Obama Approval Tanks to 37%, Associated Press Buries it and Titles Story “GOP GETS THE BLAME”

One of the biggest headlines of the day should include the fact that, according to an Associated Press poll, Obama’s approval has tanked to an astounding 37%. This piece of data should provoke a stand-alone story in and of itself. Instead, the 37% approval gets a single sentence in the seventh paragraph of a story titled “POLL: GOP Gets the Blame In Shutdown.”
I kid you not (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/poll-gop-gets-blame-shutdown).

Here are the first three paragraphs of the story.



Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new poll. It’s a struggle with no heroes.

The Associated Press-GfK survey, out Wednesday, affirms expectations by many in Washington — Republicans among them — that the GOP may end up taking the biggest hit in public opinion from the fiscal paralysis, just as that party did when much of the government closed 17 years ago. But the situation is fluid nine days into the shutdown and there’s plenty of disdain to go around.
Overall, 62 percent mainly blamed Republicans for the shutdown. About half said Obama or the Democrats in Congress bear much responsibility.



Here’s the disaster data they hid seven paragraphs down.



Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it.




This means Obama has lost 7% of his approval in a matter of weeks, yet AP claims America throws all the blame at Republicans?
Granted, Congress has a lower approval rating, but that has been the case for years. How often does America have a President with only 37% approval?

- See more at: http://www.libertynews.com/2013/10/obama-approval-tanks-to-37-associated-press-buries-it-and-titles-story-gop-gets-the-blame/#sthash.R7fcuLYR.dpuf

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/9/21/1285091548518/Barack-Obama-speaks-to-US-006.jpg



:crickets:

[EVAY]

The sam way they have a congress with 5% approval rating.

Americans are pissed with their government - ALL of it. But more people blame Republicans than blame democrats. The article is showing a trend that has been occurring for weeks - last week the congress' approval rating was at 10%, which someone related to 'friends and family members votes'. Now that they are down to 5%, it looks like some of them have lost even their family and friends.

[Clipper Nation]

Actually, most people other than the lowest-information partisan homers (i.e. the Boutons and the Welfare Cobras) blame both sides because they're all exactly the same and suck ass, tbh....

[boutons_deux]

still 4x more approved than Congress :lol

this is the VRWC/Repug strategy, make American HATE and above all weaken govt so the VRWC can assume more power to fuck Americans.

[boutons_deux]

Actually, most people other than the lowest-information partisan homers (i.e. the Boutons and the Welfare Cobras) blame both sides because they're all exactly the same and suck ass, tbh....

false equivalence, and TRUE bullshit

[Clipper Nation]

Nobody needs to "make" people dislike and distrust the government, tbh.... our politicians do a good enough job of making us hate them all by themselves :lol

[scott]

http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/activities/critical-thinking-activities

[Th'Pusher]

Yep. Barry is taking the full blame of the govt shutdown for the democrats and last time I checked, that motherfucker never has to run for election again.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i doubt he gives a shit about ratings

2term president receives alot of benefits after office compared to 1term president....look it up, his going to be laughing all the way to the bank, probably earns more than his lawyer job previously

[leemajors]

http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/activities/critical-thinking-activities

:lmao, and nice blog post yesterday

[George Gervin's Afro]

I'm not sure why this is a big deal? The president is going to take heat for something like this..either way his signature legislation has passed and he probably doesn't give a shit

[boutons_deux]

The Republican Party Is More Unpopular Than It Has Been In At Least 20 Years


http://nationalmemo.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mmj6rr5b6kem323wnfrlva.png

http://www.nationalmemo.com/new-poll-the-republican-party-is-more-unpopular-than-it-has-been-in-at-least-20-years/

[ElNono]

How often does America have a President with only 37% approval?

George W. Bush's Second-Term Average: 37%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx

[ElNono]

Second-Term Averages

Harry Truman - January 1949-January 1953 - 36.5%
Richard Nixon - January 1973-August 1974 - 34.4
George W. Bush - January 2005-January 2009 - 36.5%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

[George Gervin's Afro]

Second-Term Averages

Harry Truman - January 1949-January 1953 - 36.5%
Richard Nixon - January 1973-August 1974 - 34.4
George W. Bush - January 2005-January 2009 - 36.5%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

crickets..

[DisAsTerBot]

good company!

[Galileo]

Obama stinks!!

[angrydude]

You know what's funny about the ACA? Until its repealed it's never going away as a negative for the democrats. Every fuck up, every piece of leaked personal information, every time the website goes down, it will fall squarely on the democrats shoulders. Republicans will be able to rant and rave against it until the end of time.

[boutons_deux]

You know what's funny about the ACA? Until its repealed it's never going away as a negative for the democrats. Every fuck up, every piece of leaked personal information, every time the website goes down, it will fall squarely on the democrats shoulders. Republicans will be able to rant and rave against it until the end of time.

:lol

ACA is going to win the 2014 and 2016 elections for the Dems

[DMC]

He's fucked come election time... wait

[angrydude]

:lol

ACA is going to win the 2014 and 2016 elections for the Dems

No it won't because nobody will even be able to register :lol:lolby 2014

[SA210]

crickets..

Good thing I didn't support George W. Bush either. Man, what bad company Obama is in :lmao

crickets...

[HI-FI]

affirmative action ftw

[ElNono]

And those are averages for 2nd terms... Barry still has to hit 25% or so to actually average 37%...

Which he would, if Congress wouldn't be so bad to outshine him on his suckitude...

[baseline bum]

And those are averages for 2nd terms... Barry still has to hit 25% or so to actually average 37%...

Which he would, if Congress wouldn't be so bad to outshine him on his suckitude...

LOL voters grading on a curve.

[Jacob1983]

Obama's transformation to Bush is complete. http://i.qkme.me/3p48g9.jpg

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Obama's transformation to Bush is complete. http://i.qkme.me/3p48g9.jpg

Oversimplifying and equating is what stupid people do to try and understand things. 'Try' is the operative word in that sentence.

Bush never dealt with a situation in Congress like this. His foreign policy was based on unilateral measures while Obama won't take a piss if NATO doesn't hold his dick for him. For example, do you think that Bush would have hesitated to go into Syria? Do you think he would have allowed France to act first in Libya? Bush used cruise missiles and Obama likes drones. Obama actively uses his bureaucracy for political gain while Bush let his administration do its own thing.

They are both shitty and I guess that simplification is all you can understand.

[Spurminator]

Congress' approval rating has also plummeted over the last few weeks, and they were working from a smaller base. AP was right to focus more on Congress' approval rating. It's 5 fucking percent. That's astounding.

LOL Liberty News

[boutons_deux]

Repugs and tea baggers in gerrymandered districts and deep red states fear nothing, and any moderares are primaried out of Congress, so they all work hard, as a block, to make govt, Congress, Obama look as bad as possible, fulfiling their philosophy that all govt is bad.

iow, "5% approval? we got more fucking up to do!" :lol

[boutons_deux]

Mike Lee’s Popularity Dipping After Anti-Obamacare CrusadeHe may be a Tea Party favorite, but Utah senator Mike Lee is losing support among voters in his own state.


A new poll (http://utahdatapoints.com/abrown/utahdatapoints/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-October-UVP-Topline.pdf) conducted by Brigham Young University’s Center For the Study of Elections and Democracy finds that only 40 percent of Utah voters have a favorable impression of Senator Lee, down from 50 percent in June — 51 percent of voters view Lee unfavorably.

Lee’s declining approval is likely due to his role in the crusade against the Affordable Care Act (http://www.nationalmemo.com/poll-only-tea-partiers-want-to-shut-the-government-down-over-obamacare/) that resulted in the ongoing government shutdown. Lee’s callous response to questions about his own paycheck — last week he told KUTV, “I’m working. I’ll continue to be paid (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/mike-lee-government-shutdown_n_4032436.html)” during the shutdown — certainly hasn’t helped. (He later clarified that he was misquoted and intends on donating a portion of his salary to charity.)

Trying to justify his role in the shutdown, Lee released a statement on Thursday in which he claimed he does not care about how voters perceive him, because his only concern (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56980406-90/compromise-lee-monson-percent.html.csp) is the “percentage of Utahns who are feeling the negative effects of Obamacare through lost jobs, wages, hours, and health care.”

Chances are he will start caring once 2016 approaches, and he realizes he has lost significant support from Republicans and Independents in Utah.

Although 90 percent of those who identify themselves as “active in the Tea Party” say Lee “should stand by his principles, even when the result is a government shutdown,” Lee’s favorability among Republicans overall dropped from 71 percent in June to 57 percent today.

Among Democrats, 99 percent believe that Lee “should be more willing to compromise, even if that means passing a budget with funding for the Affordable Care Act.” A large number of Independents – 65 percent – agree. Overall, 57 percent of voters want the senator to compromise.

The declining support for Lee could be a problem if he seeks re-election 2016.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/poll-mike-lees-popularity-dipping-after-anti-obamacare-crusade/

[SA210]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcKnKD43lYw