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Obama's Terrible Approval Numbers Are Terrible
Yahoo ^ | July 2, 2014 | Abby Ohlheiser

Posted on 07/02/2014 8:26:51 AM PDT by BradtotheBone

When asked a question often discussed with dread at family Thanksgiving dinners, a plurality of voters — 33 percent — believe President Obama (or "Nobummer," amirite?) is the worst president since World War II. In second place on the same question was George W. Bush with 28 percent. These are the numbers you will read in several headlines today. The thing is, the "worst president since World War Two" results aren't really the worst numbers for the president in the Quinnipiac poll from which they're drawn.

Let's address the headlines first. In the Quinnipiac poll, Obama finds himself among a handful of post-war presidents who garner polarizing reactions from voters. Those presidents, roughly, are Kennedy, Reagan, and the three most recent: Obama, Clinton, and George W. Bush. When asked to choose the best post-war president, for instance, Ronald Reagan snagged 35 percent of voters. But 18 percent thought it was Kennedy. Clinton took 18 percent of voters, and 8 percent think it's Obama, putting him in fourth place. (George W. Bush, for what it's worth, had just 1 percent of voters on this question).

If you look at the political breakdown by party of who is saying Obama is the worst, it falls strongly along party lines, with a little bit of help from independents: 63 percent of Republicans chose Obama, while 54 percent of Democrats said George W. Bush. Independents voted "for" both: 23 percent said George W. Bush was the worst, while 36 percent chose Obama. On a similar question directly comparing Bush and Obama, the expected partisan divide is even stronger:

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: obama; obamapoll

1 posted on 07/02/2014 8:26:51 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
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To: BradtotheBone

Obama will try his best to go even Lower


2 posted on 07/02/2014 8:27:53 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: BradtotheBone

It took way too long. America continues to suffer.


3 posted on 07/02/2014 8:27:54 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: BradtotheBone

He doesn’t care about numbers now. They are racist, right-wing concoctions. He doesn’t need ‘numbers’. He has a pen and a phone and a Congress that doesn’t have the cojones to stand up for anything. It is too busy condemning and scheming against true conservatives to be worried about OSAMA. They still believe in the Tooth Fairy and the very real possibility they can get that Hispanic vote if they only accede to AMNESTY.


4 posted on 07/02/2014 8:29:15 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: BradtotheBone

What me worry?

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+me+worry?&client=firefox-a&hs=3si&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=JSW0U5muJ8qPqgakjoKwDA&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=678&bih=627

(I wish I knew how to post the picture.)


5 posted on 07/02/2014 8:29:21 AM PDT by PapaNew
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To: BradtotheBone

This is all Bush’s fault.


6 posted on 07/02/2014 8:30:15 AM PDT by caligatrux (...some animals are more equal than others.)
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To: BradtotheBone
When asked a question often discussed with dread at family Thanksgiving dinners, a plurality of voters — 33 percent — believe President Obama (or "Nobummer," amirite?) is the worst president since World War II.

I refer to him as OhVomit.

7 posted on 07/02/2014 8:30:51 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
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To: BradtotheBone
The article makes numerous references to "worst" or "best" president since WW II, but mentions only JFK, Reagan, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama. No mention of: Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, or Bush Sr.

Strange.

Regards,

8 posted on 07/02/2014 8:34:14 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: BradtotheBone

If Jimmy Carter, LBJ and Nixon aren’t big performers on this list, we have a bunch of ignorant Americans.


9 posted on 07/02/2014 8:51:07 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: BradtotheBone
Obama's Terrible Approval Numbers Are Terrible

This message approved by the Department of Redundancy Department. And the Natural Guard.

10 posted on 07/02/2014 9:01:17 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: BradtotheBone

I knew from Day 1 this Kenyan grifter was a steaming turd. What took everyone so long to realize this???


11 posted on 07/02/2014 9:02:23 AM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: PapaNew

There ya go...

12 posted on 07/02/2014 9:03:42 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: BradtotheBone
Trying for an image here...


13 posted on 07/02/2014 9:17:24 AM PDT by PapaNew
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To: molson209
How low can he go...?
14 posted on 07/02/2014 9:31:03 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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ToTUS 1 to ToTUS 2 Come in.. I'm overheating, take over..

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the economy at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington July 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)


15 posted on 07/02/2014 10:29:45 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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