Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: -12

Rasmussen Reports ^

[DadOfFive]

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThisAdvertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12 (see trends). Republicans have opened their largest lead yet over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot.

However, Republican voters say that GOP representatives in Congress are still out of touch with the party base. Most say that the average Republican in Congress is more liberal than the average Republican voter. Unlike Republicans, Democratic voters say that their party’s Congressmen and voters hold similar views. Forty-two percent (42%) say people randomly selected from the phone book could do a better job than the current Congress.

The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily e-mail update). Updates also available on Twitter and Facebook.

A Month-by-Month Review of the President’s ratings shows that the Presidential Approval Index served as a leading indicator by declining months before the President’s overall job approval ratings fell.

Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) now disapprove.

While much commentary has been written about how tough August was for Democrats, a review of the data suggests July was really the tougher month. The President’s Job Approval ratings fell more sharply in July than August. Additionally, the number of people who consider themselves Democrats fell to a two-year low in July before inching up slightly in August. Overall, 37.3% of Americans now consider themselves Democrats while 32.6% are Republicans.

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[DadOfFive]

Make my day.

[Kartographer]

[newfreep]

Our friend, the trend!

[iowamark]

Burn, baby, burn!

[markomalley]

Love the trend!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[newfreep]

Great minds think alike!

[MrB]

LISWIC

[Hodar]

28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) 15.4%
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) 12.8%

Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

[Hodar]

28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) 15.4%
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) 12.8%
Source

Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

[Eleutheria5]

Hope this trend never ends.

[Friendofgeorge]

NBC news says Obama is down to a new low of 52 %, they use a different methodology... sarc

MARK MY WORDS.....every polling ferm will get in line for Obama at election time. Perhaps not Ras?????

[StAntKnee]

Love the chart.

[Paine in the Neck]

[Lee'sGhost]

BWAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[mainepatsfan]

However, Republican voters say that GOP representatives in Congress are still out of touch with the party base.

That's a warning they'd better be aware of.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Forty-two percent (42%) say people randomly selected from the phone book could do a better job than the current Congress.

Congress would do a better job using randomly selected third graders.

[AmericanInTokyo]

[RoseofTexas]

OZero is like a rubber ball, he will rebound...you see...EVIL NEVER SLEEPS!!

[wayoverontheright]

Obama's words made him popular, and his actions, his deeds are making him unpopular. This is a formula for extreme distrust, bad enough-but could morph into a feeling of being duped, on the part of voters, which would be exponentially worse for Obama and his party.

I can't deny I'm loving this!