Doesn’t John McCain wish that we could re-run the 2008 Presidential election right about now?
Barack Obama now has a negative approval rating in every state he flipped from the Bush column to his in 2008. In each of those places his level of support is now in the 44-46% range. It’s probably a good thing he doesn’t have to run for reelection this year. He can only hope things start turning around for him once the midterms are in the rear view mirror, much as they did for Bill Clinton.
February 24, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Congress is now very unpopular:
Voter unhappiness with Congress has reached the highest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports as 71% now say the legislature is doing a poor job.
That’s up ten points from the previous high of 61% reached a month ago.
Only 10% of voters say Congress is doing a good or excellent job.
Nearly half of Democratic voters (48%) now give Congress a poor rating, up 17 points since January. The vast majority of Republicans and voters not affiliated with either party also give Congress poor ratings.
Seventy percent (70%) of voters say Congress has not passed any legislation that would significantly improve life for Americans, up 10 points over the past month and the highest level of dissatisfaction measured in regular tracking in over three years. Only 15% say Congress has passed such legislation.
Forty percent (40%) of voters nationwide now say it is at least somewhat likely Congress will seriously address the most important issues facing the nation. That’s down from 59% last March. Only 9% say it is Very Likely Congress will address these issues.
February 22, 2010 – 4:34 pm
I think it is fair to ask why the White House thinks that it can pass anything these days:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 22% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. That matches yesterday’s result as the lowest level of strong approval yet recorded for this President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19 (see trends).
The only day that Barack Obama’s Approval Index ratings were lower than today was last December 22. Like today, that came at a time when the President was making a strong push for his proposed health care legislation. Most voters have consistently opposed that plan.
February 17, 2010 – 9:20 am
In case you didn’t, check out this link:
February 11, 2010 – 2:40 pm
The elephant would have a fighting chance:
January 27, 2010 – 5:55 pm
And the Democrats are not a popular political party.
January 23, 2010 – 1:31 pm
And then I checked, and saw that he hasn’t:
January 13, 2010 – 9:15 am
Barack Obama isn’t a popular President:
December 14, 2009 – 12:28 pm
The President who was supposed to redefine the political environment is now at near record lows in popularity:
December 11, 2009 – 11:50 pm
Why the steady downward trajectory of Obama’s approval, and the concurrent upward trajectory of his disapproval? One’s specific reasons vary with one’s politics, but there’s a fundamental truth undergirding the phenomenon: Obama the candidate overpromised, and Obama the President underdelivers.
