Obama's Presidential Job Approval Ratings Dips, Rises in Light of Congress Address
President Obama's Approval Ratings Have Fluctuated in Conjunction with Economic Plans, Congress Address
This latest drop may seem insignificant, but compared to Obama's January ratings the numbers tell a slightly different story. President Obama had a 68% approval rating in January, making the recent poll results an almost 10% approval rating drop.
Of course, President Obama's latest approval ratings are no big surprise. In fact, most past-presidents have faced similar declines within the first month of their presidency.
However, in the days following Obama's address to Congress, his approval ratings jumped again, rising to 67%. According to the Gallup poll results, the major movement still continues to occur in the "no opinion" category. This is good news for the new president, as it seems to suggest that while more Americans continue to fluctuate between approving his presidency and not being sure how they feel, few are making the leap between approval and disapproval. In fact, his disapproval rating has actual decreased, albeit slightly, from 25% to 21%.
It would seem President Obama's speech before Congress, which occurred and was televised the same day his approval ratings dropped below 60%, contributed greatly to his increased approval rating and decreased disapproval rating. Whether or not it was a major factor to the increase in support, the speech nonetheless came at an extremely good time for President Obama. However, as Gallup points out, the recovery of support was not a difficult step; the decrease in his approval rating moved not to his disapproval rating, but to those with no opinion, making the switch back toward approval much more likely.
According to Gallup, there has also been an increase in Republican support in the days following Obama's address to Congress, rising from a mere 27% to 42%. This is a major leap for the new president, as his previous rating among Republicans had mostly been stagnant at around the 27% approval rating mark.
Sources:
Gallup, "Obama Approval Rating Increases to 67%" , Gallup.com
Gallup, "Obama Job Approval Dips Below 60% for First Time" , Gallup.com
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Post a CommentThose in Washington don't run this country at all....if that wasn't evident during the bank bailouts nothing else was. The Fed and Wall Street, and the elitist who are members of the CFR run this country on their "vision" of world government and dominatino. And all the movers and shakers such as Obama, McCain, Clinton, Geither, Richardson, even Napolitano - our Homeland Insecurity Director - are members, and they have chapters in eight or nine metropolitican cities. So citizens if you want to know where all the missing tax monies are - it's been used for their corporate soirees in New York and seminars at the local level. All those that use "global speak" are members.
As Obama starts his 42nd day as President tomorrow, I image that he is less upset by the things the Republicans are saying about his policies not working (after all they have been in place and entire WEEK), than he is about someone hitting the snooze alarm more than once in the morning. Not very.
How can anyone with a good heart and a sane mind think that the spending in these last 4 weeks makes any sense! Congress has to stop proposing spending in their local districts, noone should have a free ride. I also think that it is outrageous that the federal government is going to decide which non-profits are worthy of funding.
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great reporting!
It seems the ratings drop whenever any president makes a decision that is not liked by the majority - such as his stand on abortion and the new medical bill letting doctors and medical professionals say no to something that is against their moral fortitude.
Time will tell, eh? Good report.