Obama Approval Index (Bottom falling out -13)

Rasmussen Reports ^ | 20 March 2010 | scott rasmussen

[lt.america]

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% 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 -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends).

[lt.america]

Negative 23 passion index; -13 overall.

[paul544]

RCP Average of polls shows him in the negative for the first time as well...

Job Approval  	Approve  	Disapprove  	Spread
Obama 	          47.5% 	47.7%    	-0.2%

[lt.america]

When Gallup had him at negative a few days ago, there was no denying it. Dems need to take notice. And the stick he is wielding is that he is not campaigning for “no” votes on health care? I would tell him to keep Air Force 1 parked anyhow. His coat tails are gone.

[mountainlion]

The post above says “Strongly approve - Strongly disapprove = -21” you say -13? I say -200, I can pick a number out of the air also, no wait -500 just came in. -468

[NY.SS-Bar9]

You work for the CBO?

[lt.america]

Passion index is Strongly Approve vs. Strongly Disapprove which is -21. Overall Approval vs Disapproval is -13. The passion index are usually made up of your base.

[mountainlion]

-13 by itself means nothing. How about 42,250,000. That is 13% of the total population of the USA. The CBO does pull numbers out of the air. I did not see where the -13 came form in the article or the link.

[Hawthorn]

Not posted under correct title.

[drellberg]

I follow this poll closely; I have for years.

The key here is not the -21. It’s that even among those who still approve, the “strongly approve” is down to 1/2.

Even those who support Obama are tepid.

Moreover, Obama’s support not surprisingly has historically been shored up around key events like this one. The fact that it has gone the opposite direction around the health care vote is a breathtakingly bad sign.

If Pelosi still does NOT have the votes this late in the game, the ground is giving way beneat these folks. It is too early to claim victory, of course, but it is within the Republicans’ grasp.