GALLUP : Obama Job Approval Rating Down to 38% Among Independents

Gallup ^ | 07/07/2010 | Jeffrey Jones

[SeekAndFind]

Overall job ratings for the president continue to be below majority level.

PRINCETON, NJ -- Thirty-eight percent of independents approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, the first time independent approval of Obama has dropped below 40% in a Gallup Daily tracking weekly aggregate. Meanwhile, Obama maintains the support of 81% of Democrats, and his job approval among Republicans remains low, at 12%.

These data are based on Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted the week of June 28-July 4.

Over the past year, Obama has lost support among all party groups, though the decline has been steeper among independents than among Republicans or Democrats. Today's 38% approval rating among independents is 18 percentage points lower than the 56% found July 6-12, 2009. During the same period, his support has fallen nine points among Democrats (from 90% to 81%) and eight points among Republicans (from 20% to 12%).

Overall, 46% of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as president in the June 28-July 4 aggregate, one point above his lowest weekly average. Obama's average weekly job approval rating has not been above 50% since Feb. 8-14, though it reached the 50% mark as recently as May 3-9.

[TopQuark]

None of the named presidents, as far as I recall, was introducing structural changes in the very foundation of this country. Unemployment was worse under Carter, and the misery index even more dramatically so, yet not a person was questioning capitalism or advocating socialism. We now have a radical in the White House who surrounded himself exclusively with radicals. Almost one half of the country approves of them. That is qualitatively new, in my opinion.

[tina07]

Obamarx has nothing going for him and is doing everything wrong.

all deliberate, by design.

[worst-case scenario]

I’m just repeating the info that comes from the pollsters themselves as to what the people they interview are saying. Of course, you may be right. What we get from pollsters in the big news release stories are mainly a gross (as in “in total, without deductions”)recounting of the broad data. The reports don’t often delve down into *why* people are responding as they do.

But in order to win elections, the truly Conservative candidates will have to understand *why* Independents are leaving Obama. Is it because they have seen Obama’s “marxist, socialist and racist ways”? Or because they think he isn’t forcefully liberal (or at least anti-corporatist) enough?

The answer to that question will make all the difference in the November elections. It would behoove Conservative candidates to find out that answer if they wish to win at the ballot box in Autumn.

[Art in Idaho]

The trendline is in our favor but don't give up doing as much informing and educating as you can. Pass on those emails, articles, etc - education is the key. People are becoming more and more informed.

Restore the Constitution!

[Junior_G]

Imagine if he had a hostile media?

Heck, imagine if he had an objective news media. His support would be about 2/3 of what it is now.

[Vanders9]

Yes that’s a tad worrying. What are the actual percentages of Republicans, independents, and democrats? If there are relatively few independents, this is really bad news.

[PghBaldy]

I’m saying they very well might be a larger percentage. We might be talking about the same thing, I’m half-deranged though ;)

[Biggirl]

Got to remember that Obama is pretty much is FINISHED. Just get the House and maybe the Senate in GOP/conservative hands, which will make for GRIDLOCK for the last two years before he is THROWN OUT!

[esoxmagnum]

I think I’ve read that he has to get the independents below 30% for this to be a political crisis.

Even lower, if he can bring in more illegal vote through the ground work of motor voter and the like.

For his own election of course. For the mid-terms, the dems will lose some seats, but I’m not totally convinced as some are here about taking either of the houses.

The dems have too many tricks, too many dead voters, and now they’ve given the green light on voter intimidation. FOX playing that video over and over infuriates those who would normally vote against the dems, but it EMBOLDENS more folks to get out and thug the poling places, when they know there will be no prosecution of any sort, and no consequences for their actions.

Of course lawsuits will follow, but by then the votes will be counted, and the elections settled.

Repubs will play gentleman, extend a hand in bipartisan cross isle good faith, and get burned once again for doing so.

We need candidates willing to bring a bazooka to this gunfight, not candidates who wield butter knives and care-bear hugs.

[mellow velo]

2012 will not be a repeat of 1996 and here is why.

And lest we forget, the Republicans nominated Bob Dole because it was 'his turn'. While a dedicated public servant for years and a decorated war hero, Dole ran a campaign as if he had one eye on the Presidency and the other eye on retirement.

I don't know if I have enough confidence in the Republican party not to shoot themselves in the foot again.

[widdle_wabbit]

“In fact, absent a well-known candidate (like Perot, Anderson, LaFollette and Roosevelt) no third party ever gets much more than 2% of the vote.”

John Anderson in 1980 received 7%

[wideawake]

John Anderson in 1980 received 7%

Reread the sentence of mine that you posted.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Wyoming 29% approval;
DC= 85% approval for Barry...further proof that real America is the one furthest away from the tallest buildings.

[widdle_wabbit]

Sorry, kicking myself now...

I must have looked at what you wrote half a dozen times, at least!

Oh well, its good practice for screwing up and I’m bound to need the experience.