http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -16 (see trends).
The President enjoyed a modest bounce in the polls following the passage of health care legislation last week. However, his Approval Index rating is now back to where it was last Sunday, just before the House voted in favor of his health care plan. All the bouncing of the past week has come among Democrats. There has been virtually no change in the opinions of Republicans and unaffiliated voters.
Let's look at the numbers. Last week his presidential approval index was -16, with 26% strongly approving and 42% strongly disapproving. Overall, 45% approved and 54% disapproved.
Today, his Presidential Approval Index is again at -16, with 28% strongly approving and 44% strongly disapproving. Overall, 47% approve and 53% disapprove.
In the intervening week, his approval ratings peaked on Friday at -10, with 31% strongly approving and 41% strongly disapproving. Overall, on Friday 49% approved and 51% disapproved. So even that boost didn't translate into positive approval numbers.
And the boost is gone now. But as you can see, those who disapproved didn't vary that much... the boost came from Democrats deciding they approved more of him because of passage. So far, that seems to have been a transitory blip in the midst of a sea of bad approval ratings.
Time will tell. But so far, this doesn't look good for Democrats.
I will offer this observation...a normal House leader and Senate leader...after a fight like this...would plead their case for 100 days of peace and calm before getting into another massive fight. Most presidents would take six months off and just do speeches to let things settle.
ReplyDeleteI don't see this happening. So we go into the next battle within thirty days....with another group of independent voters being carved off from Democratic candidates for this fall.
And the MSNBC/CNN news guys? They are looking at dismal numbers as they try to tell a story that folks just won't buy.
Actually, I don't think the next fight will wait 30-days. Two weeks, more or less... because that's when Congress reconvenes after the Easter break.
ReplyDeleteAnd then PresBo and the Democrats will continnue to push liberal agenda items, and Republicans will continue to resist in the very few ways open to them.