http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bhojobapproval/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 15:02:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022979/posts [SNIP] Here are top line numbers from the Washington Post poll that should worry Mr. Obama and his team: Q: Changing topics, in general do you think the federal government is doing more to (protect) the rights of average Americans or more to (threaten) the rights of average Americans? 54% - threaten. 38% - protect. The Washington Post didn't ask "threaten" respondents if they connect their fears to the president. With more to come from the IRS scandal -- and with links to the White House probable -- the majority feeling threatened by government will grow. Q: Republicans in Congress... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022979/posts#comment Thu, 23 May 2013 15:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021592/posts President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll. But a CNN/ORC International survey released Sunday morning also indicates that congressional Republicans are not overplaying their hand when it comes to their reaction to the three controversies that have consumed the nation's capital over the past week and a half. And the poll finds that a majority of Americans take all three issues seriously. According to the survey, which was conducted Friday and Saturday, 53% of Americans say they approve of the... CNN Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021592/posts#comment Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012029/posts The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Obama's job performance. Fifty-one percent (51%) now disapprove. Today’s figures include 24% who Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president and 39% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 (see trends). Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012029/posts#comment Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:20:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012051/posts There are times when I’d really like to see a liberal brain next to a conservative brain to see if there really is a physiological difference. Consider Salon’s Joan Walsh who on MSNBC’s The Cycle Wednesday actually said the reason former President George Bush’s poll numbers are up is because President Obama is doing such a good job (video follows with transcript and commentary): Salon’s Joan Walsh: Bush’s Poll Numbers Are Up Because…Obama’s Doing a Good Job? JOAN WALSH: Part of what I think the poll numbers tell us though is that President Obama improved the economy. The stimulus worked.... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012051/posts#comment Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010355/posts April 20, 2013 Obama Fizzles Out By Richard Butrick The man is slipping from the limelight. The marquee man from MSM and Hollywood and Vine is headed for Sunset Boulevard. Right from the start of his 2008 campaign, the MSM gave Obama the star treatment. He was their main event. He was billed as a transformational figure -- a visionary who would (1) unify the country and (2) lead us to a fairer economic prosperity and (3) bring us respect abroad in a world of lessened tensions. In 2009 Newsweek editor Evan Thomas summed up the MSM adoration of Obama... americanthinker.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3010355/posts#comment Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:56:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999620/posts Well over a month ago, Sean Trende warned me that the numbers had started to shift away from Barack Obama, and that his election-cycle rise in approval had come to an end. We have seen that in a number of polls already, and last night Pew confirmed it with its latest survey results — and in a big way. Obama has dropped eight points since his re-election, and five points since his win on tax rates in January: Barack ObamaÂ’s job approval rating has tumbled since shortly after his re-election, as the publicÂ’s economic expectations for the coming year have... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999620/posts#comment Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:40:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996389/posts We started seeing this with the Reason/Rupe poll almost two weeks ago, which Sean Trende insisted wasn’t really an outlier. Barack Obama’s approval rating started sliding in Gallup, and last week Reuters had him at 43%. Today, the Washington Post reports that Obama has lost five points in approval in their latest poll, with the most significant decline in his economic policies: The afterglow of President ObamaÂ’s reelection and inauguration appears to have vanished as increasingly negative views among Americans about his stewardship of the economy have forced his public approval rating back down to the 50 percent mark, according... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996389/posts#comment Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996040/posts What with the recent changes to various regulatory aspects regarding the lives of American citizens I was expecting a bit of backlash against President Obama, but I certainly didn’t see this coming. President Barack ObamaÂ’s approval rating in New York fell precipitously in the past month, according to a poll released Monday, and three-fifths of the stateÂ’s registered voters now believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.ObamaÂ’s approval rating remains high in New York, at 56 percent, with 41 percent disapproving, according to the Siena College poll.But the presidentÂ’s approval rating was at 66 percent last month, with... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996040/posts#comment Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:15:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993970/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than two months into his second term, President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped and Americans blame him and his fellow Democrats almost as much as his Republican opponents for a fiscal mess. A Reuters/Ipsos online poll released on Wednesday showed 43 percent of people approve of Obama's handling of his job, down 7 percentage points from February 19. Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993970/posts#comment Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:37:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989419/posts An increasing number of blacks appear to finally be getting angry with Obama. It’s just too bad it took four years and voting for Obama a second time for blacks to realize the president doesn’t care about their interests. Immigration and the president’s determination to get legislation passed granting amnesty to an estimated 11-20 million illegal aliens seems to be the straw that broke black liberals’ backs. Recently some Black Americans have been calling into black talk radio shows like “Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton, complaining immigration is not an important issue to them. This is despite Al Sharpton’s... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989419/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:36:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2988494/posts After four years of Barack Obama's diplomatic 'leadership' and billions of dollars in attempted friendship aid, a new public opinion poll reveals that 92% of Pakistanis now disapprove of the United States. The results could have been worse. Not much. But a little. Fully four Pakistanis out of 100 do approve of the United States, President Obama and his policies. They, however, seem to keep kind of quiet about their views in that rowdy land. That's the lowest favorable rating Pakistan's citizens have ever given their ostensible North American ally. The new Gallup Poll, out this morning, reports that the... Inestor's Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2988494/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987948/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: The poll is out. I find it curious, maybe even a little fascinating. "Americans Disapprove of Obama Policy on Nearly Every Issue -- According to a Gallup poll, 42% of Americans approve of Obama's gun policies while 54% disapprove. On taxes, 41% approve and 57% disapprove. On the economy, 39% approve and 60% disapprove. On 'the situation in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Palestinians,' 36% approve and 55% disapprove. And on the federal budget deficit, 31% approve and 65% disapprove. "The only area in which Obama gains the support of a majority is on... Rush Limbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987948/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:29:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987929/posts When President Obama discusses the economy in his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, he will be dealing with an area in which the American public gives him relatively low performance ratings. The same thing applies to immigration, energy policy, guns, and taxes. On all of those issues, more Americans disapprove than approve of the job Obama is doing, according to a new Gallup Poll. Gallup found that President Obama is heading into his fourth State of the Union address Tuesday night with an overall job approval rating of around 50 percent. But in eight of the nine specific... cnsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987929/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:28:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984651/posts PRINCETON, NJ -- Residents of Hawaii, along with those living in the District of Columbia, were most likely to approve of President Barack Obama in 2012, according to an analysis of Gallup Daily tracking for the year. Residents of Utah and Wyoming were least likely to approve, with fewer than three in 10 residents giving Obama a positive review. The full results by state appear on page 2. The states with the highest and lowest approval ratings are generally similar from year to year, with some shuffling of the rank ordering. This year, only one of the top 10 states... Gallup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984651/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2013 20:05:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983329/posts According to Gallup, President Obama is tied with George W. Bush for most unpopular re-elected president since Gallup began measuring presidential job-approval in 1945. In fact, Gallup found that apart from Bush, "every president...has had a higher job-approval rating in the January following his reelection than Obama has." Obama´s approval rating is at 52. Think about it this way--following reelection, President Reagan´s approval numbers beat Obama´s by 11 points, President Eisenhower´s beat Obama´s by 21, and a much-derided Republican President named Richard Nixon Breitbart´s Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983329/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:02:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983349/posts PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Hawaii and the District of Columbia were the most likely to approve of President Obama in 2012 while Utah and Wyoming were least likely, Gallup said. This year's top approval rankings saw Rhode Island move into the top 10 states plus the District, and Illinois drop out, Gallup's analysis of its Daily tracking for last year, released Monday, indicated. Among the bottom 11 states, Kentucky and South Dakota dropped out, replaced by Alabama and Nebraska. Obama received majority approval in 14 states and the District of Columbia, compared with the 26 states and the... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983349/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980414/posts At first blush, the reaction to this Gallup poll is … so what? Barack Obama managed to get himself elected to a second term anyway, even with historically anemic approval numbers. But there’s more to this than just last November: President Barack Obama averaged 49.1% job approval during his first term in office, among the lowest for post-World War II presidents. Only Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford had lower job approval averages. Obama’s first-term average is most similar to Bill Clinton’s. Lyndon Johnson, John Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower were the most popular first-term presidents. Obama’s first-term approval average, like those... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980414/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:43:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2959019/posts Tuesday, November 13, 2012 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 55% of Likely Voters at least somewhat approve of President Obama's job performance. Forty-four percent (44%) at least somewhat disapprove. The president’s overall approval rating is up seven points from a year ago and is his highest since late June 2009 (see trends). Ninety-four percent (94%) of Democrats approve, while 82% of Republicans disapprove. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 46% approve and 51% disapprove. Rasmussen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2959019/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951274/posts AP President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen to dangerous lows for historical precedent on re-election in just the past three days, according to Gallup's rolling three-day average. Gallup's daily tracking poll today — which also showed Obama losing 51-46 to Republican nominee Mitt Romney among likely voters — puts the president's approval rating at just 46 percent.That's a staggering 7-point swing from Wednesday, when Obama's approval rating sat at 53 percent. And it marks Obama's lowest point since late September.Obama's disapproval rating, meanwhile, jumped to 49 percent. That accounts for another 7-point change since Wednesday, meaning the total swing has... Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951274/posts#comment Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:58:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951209/posts In the most precipitous decline it has seen in more than a year, President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped 7 points in three days, according to Gallup. In the three-day period ending on Oct. 23, says Gallup, 53 percent said they approved of the job Obama was doing and 42 percent said they did not. On Oct. 24, that dropped to 51 percent who said they approved and 44 percent who said they do not. On Oct. 25, it dropped again to 48 percent who said they approved and 47 percent who said they do not. On Oct.... http://cnsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951209/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2940191/posts Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points... Gallup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2940191/posts#comment Thu, 4 Oct 2012 18:29:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2938036/posts Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points. Gallup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2938036/posts#comment Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2935572/posts In the 11 swing states, the president earns 46% of the vote, and Mitt Romney is supported by 44%. Three percent (3%) are not sure, and seven percent (7%) are undecided. In 2008, Obama won these states by a combined margin of 53% to 46%, virtually identical to his national margin. After modest post-convention bounces for both candidates, the race is back to where it was at the beginning of the month. When “leaners” are factored in, Obama receives 48% of the vote to Romney's 47%. Leaners are those who are initially uncommitted to the two leading candidates but lean... rasmussenreports.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2935572/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926735/posts Barack Obama approaches his nomination for a second term with the lowest pre-convention personal popularity of an incumbent president in ABC News/Washington Post polls since the 1980s. He’s also at his lowest of the year among registered voters, with trouble among women. Just 47 percent of registered voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll see Obama favorably overall, down 7 percentage points from his recent peak in April, while 49 percent rate him unfavorably. He’s numerically underwater in this group for the first time since February. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926735/posts#comment Wed, 5 Sep 2012 02:00:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2924231/posts Approve: 43% Disapprove: 47% Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points. Click below to get more stories, RSS feeds, and e-mail alerts on these topics: -Click link for chart- Gallup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2924231/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:18:57 GMT