Zogby: Obama's Job Performance Drops Under 50%

Zogby ^ | March 24, 2009

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Those Saying U.S. Headed in Right Direction Continue to Increase, Now 45%

However, Obama's Job Performance Drops Under 50%

UTICA, NY - A March 20-23 Zogby Interactive survey shows 45% of likely voters believe the nation is headed in the right direction, a gain of five points from a similar survey completed on March 5. At the beginning of the year, only 14% held that positive view.

However, President Barack Obama's ratings for job performance and favorability did not improve over earlier this month. In the most recent survey, 49% rate his job performance as excellent or good and 50% as fair or poor (less than 1% were not sure.) That is a dip of three points from the previous poll. The percentages who feel very or somewhat favorable toward Obama remained unchanged between the two polls, with 55% now and 56% in the previous poll.

There are still huge partisan differences in opinions about Obama. For example, 91% of Democrats rate Obama favorably, compared to 14% of Republicans. On Obama's job performance, 87% of Democrats grade it as excellent or good, compared to 9% of Republicans.

Sample size of the survey was 4,523, with a margin of error of  +/- 1.5%.  Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

This table shows attitudes about the nation's direction from Zogby Interactive polls this year:

Is the nation headed in the right or wrong direction?	March 23	March 5	Jan. 26	Jan. 8
Right Direction	45%	40%	36%	14%
Wrong Direction	47%	48%	45%	70%
Not Sure	8%	12%	19%	16%

The movement toward "right direction" from January 8, prior to the Obama Inauguration, to January 26 came from Obama voters, and that has continued. For example, these are the increases in those choosing "right direction" between the March 5 poll and this most recent one: Democrats +9, Obama voters +8, liberals +7 and African-Americans +13. 

There has been virtually no change in the direction question among Republican base voters. Choosing "right direction" in the most recent survey were: Republicans 9%, McCain voters 5% and conservatives 6%. Among Born-again Christians, 32% chose "right direction", an increase of 6 points from Jan. 26.

For a methodology statement on this poll, please visit:

http://www.zogby.com/methodology/readmeth.cfm?ID=1394

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Who was it that said; “A Recession is when your neighbor loses his or her job. A Depression is when you lose your job.”

I have a feeling that after Crap & Trade gets hammered through, and they manipulate the rules by making it pass with 51%, unemployment will hit over 10% even during the Summer months. that is when chairman MAObama’s popularity will be near the single digits. (That's about how many who work in the media)

By then, too many people will be in dire straights and want answers. They will actually start paying attention to what is going on in Government for a change. (Scary thought.)