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07-21-2009, 02:51 PM
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poll results say Obama popularity lower than Bush's at six-month mark
I haven't seen this posted yet, my bad if I missed it:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/09072...politics_obama
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Obama's approval rating is 55 percent six months into his presidency, a USA Today/Gallup poll found. But 56 percent of those polled approved of the job done by George W. Bush after six months, the daily reported.
Obama's handling of the economy appears to be key in his fading popularity, as Americans become more pessimistic about how long it will take the economic downturn to end.
"His ratings have certainly come back down to Earth in a very short time period," Republican pollster Whit Ayres told the daily.
By 49 percent to 47 percent, respondents said they disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy, while they disapprove of his health care policy by 50 percent to 44 percent.
Nevertheless, White House adviser David Axelrod called the "turbulence" predictable, and expressed confidence in the public's support for the president.
"People fundamentally like this president, and they believe he's smart and capable and strong and trying to do the right thing," he said.
Despite his falling poll numbers, the survey found that Obama remains personally popular.
Two-thirds of subjects polled found him to be a strong and decisive leader who understands the problems they face in their daily lives, while a majority said his administration "is creating a new spirit of idealism."
The telephone poll of 1,006 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, has a margin of error of plus-or-minus four percentage points.
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07-21-2009, 02:55 PM
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Obama is at 59% approval on Gallup.com, not 55%...which is higher than Bush.
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07-21-2009, 02:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SGMD1
Obama is at 59% approval on Gallup.com, not 55%
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Thank you ACORN rep.
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07-21-2009, 02:57 PM
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Thank you ACORN rep.
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I actually don't care either way, I'm just stating fact.
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07-21-2009, 03:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SGMD1
Obama is at 59% approval on Gallup.com, not 55%...which is higher than Bush.
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No, it is at 55% according to the Today/Gallup for 07/21 which is updated daily. The Gallup however, is weekly or biweekly and it stands at 59% which is not averaged out yet until the week is over.
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07-21-2009, 03:02 PM
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The fact that 6-10% of people disagree with him economically and on healthcare but still approve of his job shows that people still think he will bring "change". Eventually that will wear off fast.
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07-21-2009, 03:07 PM
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Quote:
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I actually don't care either way, I'm just stating fact.
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Riiiight
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07-21-2009, 03:08 PM
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from Gallup.com:
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Obama's 62% second-quarter average exceeds those for his immediate predecessors, George W. Bush (56%) and Bill Clinton (44%), but is similar to those for Presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and the elder George Bush. Among presidents elected to their first terms since 1952, only Dwight Eisenhower (72%) and John Kennedy (76%) had second-quarter averages significantly better than Obama's.
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this makes him just as popular as Nixon, although I'm not sure why there's such a huge discrepancy in the number of measurements and what bearing that has on the poll results
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