According to Gallup unemployment is on the way down (9.2% during the first half of November) and President Obama’s approval is on the way up (48% as of today.) While neither of these numbers are particularly good, they are headed in the right direction. Meanwhile; The Republicans are blocking a permanent extension of middle class [...]

According to this new CNN poll on President Obama, only 38% of Americans think Obama is “too liberal.” This number is significantly lower than one would think based on the rantings of the Republican Tea Party. While 48% of Americans approve of Obama’s performance, another 9% disapprove because they feel he is “not liberal enough.” [...]

Republicans like to make a lot of noise about President Obama’s not so hot approval ratings (He’s at 46%.) Some even like to claim that this means that Obama has little shot of winning reelection in 2012. But a quick look back through history shows that this is not even close to true. At this [...]

In good news for the Democratic Party, President Obama’s Gallup approval ratings have been bouncing back recently. As of today Obama’s approval rating is at 47% which is bounce back of 6% points from the low of 41% he hit. As I explained recently Obama’s approval rating right now doesn’t mean much as far as [...]

President Obama’s latest approval rating (as of today on Gallup) is only 43%. Many on the right are hoping that means Obama is done for and some on the left are quite worried about it. While it’s certainly not good news for the Democratic Party that Obama’s approval rating is in the low 40s, it’s [...]

President Obama’s most recent approval rating on Gallup is 47%. This is certainly not a great approval rating, but it’s also not particularly bad. I think it’s definitely worth putting it into context. This 47% mark actually compares favorably to where Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were at when they were at the same point [...]

Today’s Gallup poll has President Obama at 52% approval vs 41% disapproval. This is quite a turn around from just over a month ago when Obama was at only 45% approval vs. 48% disapproval. From -3% points to +11% points. 52% has been about as high as Obama has been able to get recently. If [...]

President Obama had fallen to as low as 46% approval this week but today Gallup shows a big jump from 47% approval (and 47% disapproval) to 50% approval with just 43% disapproval. This jump seems to coincide with the news that health care reform is getting closer and closer to being a reality. It will [...]

By some accounts in the media you would think that President Obama is wildly unpopular and that he is trying to push through a very unpopular agenda while millions of insane “tea baggers” are protesting his every move. And for the record there were less than 70,000 anti health care protesters on Saturday vs the [...]

Gallup has released new numbers which include state specific data on Obama’s approval over the first 6 months of his Presidency (during which time he averaged a 63% approval rating overall.) Obama is most popular in DC (92%), Hawaii (75%), & Vermont (74%.) He’s least popular in Wyoming (46%), Alaska (49%), and Idaho (50%.) Click [...]