A lot of sources have recently been talking about President Obama's recent low approval numbers, especially the 39% approval he was given by Gallup in the last week. (1) However, what hasn't been report as widely is the fact that the President's approval ratings have been rather lousy for some time now.
As usual, our sources will be the two most trustworthy polling organizations; Rasmussen Reports' daily tracking poll of likely voters (2) and Gallup's Daily poll of American adults. As usual, please remember that polls of likely voters are usually a better judge of how well a President will do in his re-election campaign than adults.
First, let's look at Gallup, whose poll of adults gave Obama approval as low as 39% (2) this week:
- The last time President Obama's approval was at/above 50% was 6/9/11
- The last time President Obama's approval was at/above 50% for consecutive days was
6/1/11 - 6/2/11
- The last time President Obama's approval was at/above 50% for a full week was 5/6/11-5/10/11
Now, let's look at Rasmussen, whose poll of likely voters gave Obama approval as low as 43% (3) this week:
- The last time President Obama's approval was at/above 50% was 6/9/11
- The last time President Obama's approval was at/above 50% for consecutive days was
5/28/11 - 5/29/11
- The last time President Obama's approval was at/above 50% for a full week was 5/6/11 - 5/10/11
That's just the last time President Obama hit 50% or higher. For the record, the highest he hit in those days was 52%. His poll ratings for this entire year, save for a relative handful of days, has been 49% or lower.
The Drive-By Media wants us to think that Obama's mediocre to low approval numbers are new, but they aren't. They've been mediocre to bad for over a year. Obama has been Jimmy Carter levels of unpopular pretty much since his honeymoon period ended in 2009. This is not new. The American people have disapproved of Obama's policies for quite some time now. The only change is the Drive-By Media has started to pay attention.
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(1) Obama's Approval Hits New Low
(2) Rasmussen: Obama Approval Index History
(3) Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
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