Washington – President Obama is having one bad summer.
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Only 46 percent approve of the job Obama is doing — a 19-point slide since he took over the White House from President Bush in January, according to a Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll released today.
The new poll numbers represent the lowest level of total approval yet measured for Obama.
Fifty-three percent disapprove of the job he is doing.
With the war in Afghanistan worsening and the president pushing for an overhaul of the health-care system that includes a government-run insurance program, voters have become increasingly disenchanted with Obama over the past few weeks.
Differences of opinion, however, come down across party lines as 81 percent of Democrats approve of the job Obama is doing, according to Rasmussen.
By comparison, 83 percent of Republicans disapprove.
Nowhere has that loss of confidence been as profound as it has been among highly valued independent voters.
Among those who are not part of either party, a whopping 66 percent disapprove of the job Obama is doing, according to the poll.
The Rasmussen Reports poll also found that 55 percent of those polled believe that the war in Afghanistan will get worse during the next six months.
That’s a 14-point jump since the beginning of the month and represents in how the White House is managing the “War on Terror.”
There is no shock here. A horrible economy, 2 wars going badly for YEARS, massive job layoffs mounting since early 2008, healthcare costs bankrupting people, and worsening deficits, I am surprised he is still in the 40’s.
That is not to say it is all his fault, he certainly inherited plenty of this mess, but it does not change the fact that we are finding ourselves severely crippled as a nation. If the economy starts to really improve (including a significant drop in unemployment), so will his poll numbers (for better or worse).
Opinion polls change like the tide. These numbers honestly mean nothing. Results are what matter.
Just wait they’re going to call all the people that figured Obama out, and disapprove of him, racists.
Is it because he is black or blind……oh, wait a minute that’s patterson
only the democrat approve his ratings all americans are not democrats and the media made a big pompous out of this obama. obama is just hot air well spoken and every one fell for this person at the end you see right through him just teflon
running up the national debt several trillion (with a “T”) doesnt help either….
He doesn’t give a flip about the polls. Now that he’s in power, he’s trying to push through fascism as fast as he can. I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to declare himself dictator for life, like his idol,Chavez. He is already emulating him in many ways.
hope even more people wake up and realize what Obama is really about a left wing socialist want to control every body.
Give the guy a chance
Hmmm If someone would say to you: To get out of debt you need to spend more. You would probably think are you crazy??
Thats exactly what “O” has done.
The Federal Reserve under this administration has massively started to print and circulate more dollars. In other words, …to get out of debt you need print more money to get people to spend more to get out of debt.
We arent even finshed with the first year!
lets hope se is not a Idealist. lets hope that he does want to get reélected.. and not go down with the droening ship..
I hope his numbers continue to plummet. What the populations say in the polls don’t mean much. The guy is president for the duration of his term, and he will continue to pilfer this country, dig deeper into our pockets, and regulate everything including the polluted air we breathe. What counts is what the legislators in the Senate and Congress think of him. Those polls matter. I can’t wait for them to change their minds when they realize that they took oaths of office to uphold the constitution (as he did), but that they are spectators who are observing his trashing of our very foundations. I strongly suspect that the mishna that guides us to be mispallell for “shlomah shel malchus” might not include him. I think the “malchus horish’oh” that we mention in davening three times a day might well refer to him. Anyhow, when they realize that Obama is the worst thing we could have done to our country, they can impeach him.
To #14 , Reagan wasn’t the one who bailed out Chrysler, it was Carter, Reagan opposed the bailout.
The polls are not indicative of 2012 at alll.But it definetly gives democrats in congress pause in supporting obama on evreything.Those blue doge understand their seats are at risk.
Dear Readers,
Please realize that Obama has the most organized “grass-roots” effort to promote his policies in every forum. You can be sure that some of the extensive pro-Obamanation comments come from such trolls. BHO is the only president in the history of our great country to keep his election campaign infrastructure operating into his presidency. And it is openly stated by them, that the job now is to promote His policies. So just know where it is coming from. The man arguing with you online is basicly a volunteer operative or missionary, if you will.
A sane citizen of the free USA. Let’s hope it stays that way!
Conservative talkshow host Joe Scarborough showed something rather incredible this morning. How many of you knew that Ronald Reagan’s approval rating dropped below 50% at the end of his 9th month in office. Clinton got there in 4 months. So for Obama to be there at the end of 8 months is… well… meaningless. The only people who care are the people who during the Bush admin were going on and on about how “polls don’t matter” (yes… I mean Beck and Limbaugh).