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It is not clear what's behind the decline,yeah suddenly it's a big mystery.
PRINCETON, N.J. (June 21) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating fell to 58% in Gallup Poll daily tracking from June 16-18 -- a new low for Obama in Gallup tracking, although not dissimilar to the 59% he has received on four other occasions.
Thirty-three percent of Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president, just one point shy of his record-high 34% disapproval score from early June.
Since Obama took office in January, his approval rating in Gallup tracking has averaged 63%, and most of his three-day ratings have registered above 60%. Approval of Obama did fall to 59% in individual readings in February, March, April, and early June; however, in each case, the rating lasted only a day before rebounding to at least 60%.
The latest decline in Obama's approval score, to 58%, results from a drop in approval among political independents as well as among Republicans. Democrats remain as highly supportive of the president as ever.
Obama's approval rating was 60% from June 13-15, at which time 88% of Democrats, 60% of independents, and 25% of Republicans approved of the job he was doing. In the June 16-18 polling, Democrats' approval of him stands at 92% -- up slightly -- whereas approval is down among both independents (by seven points) and Republicans (by four points).
Since February, Obama's weekly approval ratings from Republicans have consistently averaged close to 30% and from independents, close to 60%. With Republican approval now down to 21% and independent approval down to 53%, Obama's overall job approval has dipped to a new low for his presidency.
It is not clear what's behind the decline, but two issues have received considerable play in the news this week, and could be contributing factors. On Monday, the president received bad news on health care reform from the Congressional Budget Office, whose estimate of the cost of one reform plan caused sticker shock on Capitol Hill. This may be feeding into public concerns about the administration's deficit spending.
At the same time, the disputed Iranian presidential election has been front-page news. Obama's cautious response has sparked sharp criticism from Republican Sen. John McCain and many on the political right who are eager for him to declare the election a "fraud," and to show more solidarity with the Iranian protesters.
It is not clear what's behind the decline,
*yawn*
People thought the economy could recover overnight and its been five months now. Give it some time damnit.
Jack's also holding out hope the economy never recovers because he knows if it does Obama and his policies are going to get the credit..
39% Now Blame Bad Economy on Obama’s Policies
Monday, June 22, 2009
While most U.S. voters still blame the Bush Administration for the nation’s economic problems, a growing number are inclined to blame President Barack Obama.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 39% of voters now say the country’s economic problems are caused more by the policies Obama has put in place. That’s a 12-point jump from a month ago.
Fifty-four percent (54%) still say the country’s economic woes are due to the recession Obama inherited from President Bush. That figure is down eight points from 62% from early June.
By a two-to-one margin, voters also have more confidence in themselves than in the president when it comes to the economy. This marks a significant shift from just after Obama took office.
Sixty percent (60%) of voters now trust their own economic judgment more than the president’s. In early February, 49% had more trust in themselves while 39% trusted the president more.
Now only 30% trust Obama more when it comes to the economic issues facing the nation.
Younger voters are more likely than their elders to blame the current economic situation on the recession that began under Bush. The majority of middle income voters place more of the blame on Obama’s policies.
Eighty-two percent (82%) of Democrats see the economic problems as ones largely inherited from the previous administration, while 61% of GOP voters point the finger at the actions of the new president. Unaffiliated voters are almost evenly divided on the question.
Men are more likely than women to trust themselves rather than the president when it comes to the economy. Middle-income voters have more confidence in themselves than those who earn more and less.
The partisan split is predictable. Republicans trust themselves more than Obama by a whopping 75% to 19% margin. The findings for voters not affiliated with either major party are virtually identical. But Democrats are much more closely divided, with nearly half trusting the president more.
Obama’s ratings slipped to new lows at the end of last week in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, but he continues to be more popular than many of his policies.
Despite strong public opposition, the president has pushed hard for bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler, both now in structured bankruptcies aimed at keeping them in business. The government has taken substantial ownership stakes in both companies in exchange for federal bailout money, but 80% of U.S. voters want the government to sell its stake in GM and Chrysler as soon as possible.
Even as Obama announced earlier this month his intention to speed up the pace of stimulus spending, the plurality of Americans (45%) said the rest of the new government spending authorized in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan should be canceled.
In fact, most voters (53%) continue to believe increases in government spending hurt the economy. Fifty-one percent (51%) favor an across-the-board tax cut for all Americans to stimulate the U.S. economy.
While the president last week was aggressively campaigning for the creation of a government-run health insurance company to compete with private insurers, Americans are evenly divided now over whether that’s a good idea.
Americans are similarly divided on the urgency of moving ahead with health care reform right now given the state of the economy.
Blaming Bush days are coming to a end. Atleast for those that have any common sense.
forgetting when it happened would equal common sense?
are you bound by some kind of cheerleading contract?
Common sense would be worrying about fixing things instead of worrying about whether or not you're getting blamed for them. Obama wants to keep blaming everything on Bush because Bush is the only thing less popular than Obama's ideas on how to fix the mess Bush left him.
Dumbass, all of congress was to blame for years. The American businesses were to blame for years. Not one person. Watching the Obama's cheerleaders chant "blame Bush,blame Bush" every freaken day was the joke. People like you actually fell for it. Here we sit twice as much in debt because Obama and his democratic congress in just a few weeks put together a "stimilus" package that just had to be passed in days without anyone reading the damn thing. 8,000 earmarks later people are starting to wonder what the did this bag do to our country. He is the blame for that money. Noone else.
He is a politician, a dirty one at that. He used that money to pay back the groups that made him president. Keep defending him, keep calling people like myself a "cheerleader", a cheerleader for what, I have no clue what you are talking about but if that makes you sleep at night or feel better about yourself go for it. Fact is people are waking up. The guy sucks period.
he's trying to fix it and make sure that people don't forget. thats what i'd do.
i wouldn't let a day go by without calling out the leader responsible for this meltdown.Obama wants to keep blaming everything on Bush because Bush is the only thing less popular than Obama's ideas on how to fix the mess Bush left him.
58% is still pretty damn good. I think he will continue to be popular because he has a pretty likable persona. But, once people wise up to the effects of his policies, ...
Why is it okay to say that Bush inherited a recession from Clinton (which I actually believe he did even if it technically started after Bush took office, it was a ticking time bomb) and not that Obama inherited a recession from Bush? , conservative's are still bringing up the bad economy Reagan inherited from Carter(which he did). When the economy got worse in 82 or 83 they were still blaming Carter.
Now barely 6 months after Obama's taken office it's all his fault now? That's pretty laughable. If you're gonna be a blind partisan robot... at least be a fair blind partisan robot.
Please humor me. What the are you talking about? How is Bush to blame for the economic meltdown?
Beckel predicted that he'll be in the high 40's come this fall/winter. Then it'll pick back up in the spring when things really start to get noticeably better. I think that's a pretty fair assessment. I can't wait for the "Impeach Obama" threads that are gonna pop up after he get to 49.5%.
thats mean. you shouldn't be coaching kids......or raising them.
i haven't heard you laughing....so...i don't think you know what a joke is.all of congress was to blame for years. The American businesses were to blame for years. Not one person. Watching the Obama's cheerleaders chant "blame Bush,blame Bush" every freaken day was the joke.
it had to be done. i don't expect you to understand. it's beyond your capabilities....and your earmarks complaint is the joke here.People like you actually fell for it. Here we sit twice as much in debt because Obama and his democratic congress in just a few weeks put together a "stimilus" package that just had to be passed in days without anyone reading the damn thing. 8,000 earmarks later people are starting to wonder what the did this bag do to our country. He is the blame for that money. Noone else.
wow, you act like he sent american kids to their deaths for no reason.He is a politician, a dirty one at that.
show me what groups got money, what they did with it, who is rich because of it, and how they are the only reason he was elected.....i'll wait.He used that money to pay back the groups that made him president.
i'd sleep better if i knew you would never have any involvement with children.Keep defending him, keep calling people like myself a "cheerleader", a cheerleader for what, I have no clue what you are talking about but if that makes you sleep at night or feel better about yourself go for it.
sure.....the people in an eight year comma.Fact is people are waking up. The guy sucks period.
I agree with alot of what u are saying. Fact is Obama passed a bill to double our debt and it has done nothing to fix the problem and it will do nothing. That is on him. Not Bush,not Clinton,Reagan,Carter, etc.... My God man, they didn't even read the freaken thing. That is irresponsiblity at it's highest.
You just reply to reply. STFU man.
so...you can't show me.
shocking.
I think they rushed it and that it was bloated by a couple hundred billion dollars, but I think the expediency which they craved was more for confidence reasons than anything else.
Wall Street are a bunch of heads who are scared of their own shadows and trillions of dollars of wealth were disappearing.
Things were spiraling quickly downward and SOMETHING had to be done. It was a mess and there were a lot of stupid things in it, but I believe things would have gotten a lot worse if it wasn't.
I'll pass judgment when the dust settles... as of now we're still in this storm. I'll be as loud as any complaining about this if it doesn't work... but I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt for now. This was an unprecedented event and mistakes were gonna be made.
If it was so urgent to do something why did Obama & congress push through a bill where 90% of the money doesn't even get spent until fiscal year 2010 and beyond? Even then the majority of the package is a variety of welfare programs that won't stimulate the economy. All Obama is doing is being a political opportunist using an economic crisis to push through hundreds of billions of dollars of giveaways.
From reports they say only 6 percent has been spent. I wonder if they can say " it" and cancel the bill.
he diverted an unimaginable collapse.
it's not likely the jacks of this world can avoid dumbing down.
The stimulus money hasn't even been spent yet. If you want to credit a government program that diverted an unimaginable collapse it would have to be TARP and that's a program Obama has to share credit with Bush on. All Obama has done is divert a collapse by continuing Bush's economic policies.
GM says o.
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