Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (Obama at -15)

Rasmussen Reports ^ | 07/28/2010 | Scott Rasmussen

[Dubya-M-Dees]

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 (see trends).

[Dubya-M-Dees]

-15?? WTF?

[Dubya-M-Dees]

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

[Carley]

Every now and then Ras throws the left a bone.

Otherwise they start trashing him big time.

[avacado]

Up 2% from yesterday.

Approval 46%
Disapproval 53%

[Aria]

He was just down twenty...how the heck did he gain 5?????

Wonder what the overall US % of union plus non-union blacks and hispanics is?

[Psalm 144]

Every now and then Ras throws the left a bone.

Otherwise they start trashing him big time.

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And his site crashes.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Or...

there is variance in daily polls and Rasmussen reports the data he gets.

[Psalm 144]

Also welfare classes and government employees - which sometimes are the same.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The Abyss(mal) Index goes negative again.

[RC2]

For the first time in American history, the President does not control Washington DC. Just that in itself should tell people something. Pelosi and crew control DC.

[MrB]

The SA went up by 2%.

I wonder what the left more strongly approves of within the last three days...

The only “news” coming out was that he was going on “The View” / “Loose Women”.

[US Navy Vet]

This poll has “Special” Sauce ALL OVER IT!

[henkster]

Look, there were enough people stupid enough to elect him president in the first place. You think they all suddenly found a use for their brains?

[GonzoGOP]

-15?? WTF?

I'm placing my bet on statistical noise. It has been very consistent around -17 for the past couple of weeks. We got a couple of days close to -20, now down to -15. But the longer averages are rock steady at -17.

The numbers probably won't move much until the election. This is because I don't think there are any more illusions. Those that can be angered by Obama are already angry. Those who want a socialist nation are already in Obama's camp and cannot be moved out of it no matter what news they hear.

Things will break out of the range after the election, or a day or two before if the results seem obvious. If the GOP wins huge, +70 house +10 the Dems will fracture and you will see Obama's overall approval drop into the low 30s. If things go as expected +40 house +7 Senate, things will stay about where they are now. If the GOP completely blows (they have been known to lose sure things) watch Obama's numbers go way up. If we end up with Harry, Nancy and Obama for another two years many Tea Party people will give up and become resigned to perpetual socialist domination.

[Bushbacker1]

A 5 point bounce from yesterday? WTF?

[Principled]

It’s just the timing of the bounces in the graph - take a look at it.

[ScottinVA]

Typical, inexplicable bounce he seems to get every 10 days — now, watch him go almost even on overall a/d. I’ve tried to analyze what generates these surges, but there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason.

[Renegade]

This poll is becoming bull$hit and boredom. The halfrican in reality is probably polling at least a -25.

[swatbuznik]

I don’t get it. How can he be bouyed like this? Is it because the media isn’t really reporting on the oil spill anymore?

[LibLieSlayer]

When will scotty rasmussen realize that his sine-wave polling results are bogus... it is impossible for the results to fluctuate at the same rate for a year... there is no way that there is a 10% shift on a weekly basis.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

... or the data that he gets is flawed due to the changes he made in his polling system since 2008.

LLS

[sportutegrl]

It’s called Monday. The poll that comes out on Monday morning includes Sunday, when the Christians go to church and can’t answer the phone. I have noticed that Obama gets his best scores on Monday, usually.

[US Navy Vet]

Yeah I guess that you are right.

[csmusaret]

The news media announced Barry was going on the view, and all the deep thinkers who think he is just dreamy got a tingle up their legs.

[MrB]

I don't see the pattern that you're asserting. Approval Index History

[nbenyo]

I disagree, most of those who voted for him are still in his corner. A few have come to their senses but not enough.

[Freddd]

He gained 5 points in a day? !!

[sportutegrl]

It seemed like everytime there was a big jump in O’s approval, I looked up and it was Monday. It’s anecdotal.

[kevao]

there is variance in daily polls and Rasmussen reports the data he gets.

Five points in one day is a lot. But it is absolutely huge when you consider that Ras uses a three-day rolling average, presumably to smooth out the variance.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

When you poll daily, you also have more frequent outliers. Jumps of 5 points shouldn’t be too surprising. Watch the trends, keep the monthly rate in mind, and don’t forget the forest for the trees.

[kevao]

Yes, I understand. But just imagine what Ras’s numbers would be *without* the three-day average. Would put DOW volatility to shame. LOL.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

The suicides on this site would be innumerable.