Obama's Approval Rate Sinks Below 50%

[Samus-Fan]

According to the daily tracking poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports, the approval rating of President Barack Obama has fallen below 50% for the first time since his inauguration. In a short six months, Mr. Obama has sunk from a high of 65% on Inauguration Day to a low of 49% approval in today’s poll. The consequent 51% disapproval rate makes it the first time that a majority of likely voters give Obama a negative rating.
This development was foreshadowed by other indications in previous days. His Approval Index has been hovering around the -7 mark for some time. The Approval Index is computed by subtracting the number of likely voters who strongly disapprove from those who strongly approve. Today’s index for President Obama showed 30% strongly approving, while 38% strongly disapproved for a -8 score.
More specific polls concerning the Administration’s initiatives help explain his breakneck dive in popularity:
• Only 25% of the sample believes the economic stimulus package is working, while 31% say it has hurt.
• His health care proposal is opposed by 53% of respondents.
• With reference to the country’s direction, 63% say it is going in the wrong direction, while only 31% say it’s headed the right way. The latter number represents a 4-point jump from last week.
• After being essentially tied for months, since the June 28 tracking poll, Republicans have been preferred to Democrats in the generic poll. The Republican lead is now four points. In the generic poll voters are asked which party’s candidate they intend to vote for in their local congressional elections.

The vanishing support for President Obama and his programs must be a cause of alarm for the Democrats, who are obviously trying to ram their agenda through Congress before the American people have an opportunity to react and stop it. It will be a tough race for the parties between now and 2010 to determine the long-term direction of our country.

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I knew it was gonna happen.
Just needed to post this since this seems to be a rather conservative forum.

[Jaykub]

Drop it like its hot.....
I waited for the day. Didn't think it would be so fast. So damn fast its not funny. I must say its dropped like what 30% lmaforofl.


And the reign will kill us all,

[LiNuX]

Fox News is gonna have a ball with this - full democrat haters there lol. he's still doing better than a lot of presidents - the number fluctuates up and down all the time so I wouldn't be surprised if obama's goes up and then back down again. I'm guessing most people thought He'd end the economic turmoil by now

George Bush still holds the record for ending with 22%, his father did better in one term (and I believe they have separate rankings for one term and two term presidents, fdr is another case)

but we'll have to see how things go and if Obama will be affected enough to throw some more change in the air after this news.

@jacob - the reign will kill us all? what made you come to that conclusion?

[Jaykub]

Fox News is gonna have a ball with this - full democrat haters there lol. he's still doing better than a lot of presidents - the number fluctuates up and down all the time so I wouldn't be surprised if obama's goes up and then back down again. I'm guessing most people thought He'd end the economic turmoil by now

George Bush still holds the record for ending with 22%, his father did better in one term (and I believe they have separate rankings for one term and two term presidents, fdr is another case)

but we'll have to see how things go and if Obama will be affected enough to throw some more change in the air after this news.

@jacob - the reign will kill us all? what made you come to that conclusion?

Oh its song lyrics.

[jakncoke]

Well when people thought Obama was going to turn around this country so fast and reality is setting in on how that's simply not possible. it was bound to happen.

[LiNuX]

Oh its song lyrics.

mm

Well when people thought Obama was going to turn around this country so fast and reality is setting in on how that's simply not possible. it was bound to happen.

yeah, it's kind if ridiculous to think that - it took bush 8 years to crap on the nation's economy and raise its debt to an all time record and people expected Obama to be super president and fix things within a few months. If it was the case I'm sure people would have been all over him but he is on the firey trail that bush left behind - need a lot of water to extinguish 8 years of that...

done with the metaphors.

[Samus-Fan]

George Bush still holds the record for ending with 22%, his father did better in one term (and I believe they have separate rankings for one term and two term presidents, fdr is another case)

After 8 years, he was 22%.
It's been about 8 months, and Obama is under 50%.

[LiNuX]

After 8 years, he was 22%.
It's been about 8 months, and Obama is under 50%.

you're right, it's too early to judge what his overall ratings will be. so trying to throw this in his face is kind of pointless right now because he still has about 3 and a half years left in this term.

[KittyCat72]

You know, I find it difficult to reply to topics like this sometimes because Linux says everything I'm thinking and more before I get the chance. Oh well, I guess my life is easier now, thanx.

[Jaykub]

you're right, it's too early to judge what his overall ratings will be. so trying to throw this in his face is kind of pointless right now because he still has about 3 and a half years left in this term.

I will look at this from both sides.


Obama may go back up in the polls. And there is a great chance this will happen. And right now it is to early to tell anything. But as of right now Obama is dropping very fast. Anyone can see that and if it keeps up the way it has been since he took office then he will be down there with bush in no time.


Obama is really dropping the ball worse then I thought he would and that says something