In first, Minnesota poll finds Obama unpopular

Half of the residents of Minnesota now disapprove of President Obama’s performance, according to a new poll.

Results of The Star Tribune survey represent the first time that his approval rating has turned negative in the state since the president took office in 2009.

Obama’s job approval rating in the poll has fallen to 43 percent.

Men had an especially unfavorable opinion of the president. According to the poll, 60 percent of Minnesotan men disapproved of his job performance, compared to 40 percent of women in the state.

People under 34 had the highest approval rating for Obama, with 59 percent saying they thought he was doing a good job in office.  

The statewide poll reflects a broader disapproval of the president that has been swelling across the country. Current national polls show Obama’s approval rating is among the lowest it has been while he has been in the White House.

Gallup’s daily tracking poll has shown that the American public’s approval of the president has waned since a recent peak shortly after the 2012 election. According to that national poll, 53 percent of the nation disapproved of Obama's performance, while just 41 percent approved.

Obama easily won Minnesota in both the 2012 and 2008 elections. He won 53 percent of the vote against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, and got 54 percent in state in 2008, against Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

Via: The Hill

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POLL: OBAMACARE FAVORABLE RATING WITH DEMOCRATS PLUMMETS TO 55%

The Kaiser Foundation has been tracking public approval of ObamaCare going back to April of 2010. The poll's latest resultshit some new records, and none of them are good news for the White House. Only 33% have a favorable view of the president's signature piece of legislation; that's a record low. Forty-nine percent have an unfavorable view, which is only two points off the record. Most striking is that approval among Democrats has plummeted 15 points, from 70% to 55%.

Other troubling numbers for ObamaCare's defenders come from women. ObamaCare's favorable rating with women has hit a record low of 32%. Those who see ObamaCare unfavorably is at a record high of 48%. In just one month, ObamaCare lost 15 points with this group.

The gap between those who believe ObamaCare will make the country better off as opposed to worse off is now at its widest split. A full 43% believe worse off, with only 34% saying better off.

The drop among Democrats makes sense. The hell ObamaCare is raining down on working and middle class families is bipartisan. Millions of Republicans and Democrats alike are having their health plans canceled, losing their doctors, and dealing with their new government-approved plans -- which are usually more expensive and have higher deductibles.

Via: Breitbart

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Poll: Obamacare support, Obama approval sink to new lows

President Obama's job approval rating has plunged to the lowest of his presidency, according to a new CBS News poll released Wednesday, and Americans' approval of the Affordable Care Act has dropped it's lowest since CBS News started polling on the law.

Thirty-seven percent now approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing as president, down from 46 percent in October -- a nine point drop in just a month. Mr. Obama's disapproval rating is 57 percent -- the highest level for this president in CBS News Polls.

A rocky beginning to the opening of the new health insurance exchanges has also taken its toll on how Americans perceive the Affordable Care Act. Now, approval of the law has dropped to 31 percent - the lowest number yet recorded in CBS News Polls, and a drop of 12 points since last month. Sixty-one percent disapprove (a high for this poll), including 46 percent who say they disapprove strongly.

Republicans are nearly unanimous in their disapproval of the law, and now more than two-thirds of independents agree. Almost six in ten Democrats continue to support the law, but their support has dropped 16 points from last month - from 74 percent in October to 58 percent today. Support has dropped 11 points among independents and five points among Republicans.

Via: CBS News

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Botched ACA Rollout Hammers Obama; Job Disapproval Reaches a Career High

Barack Obama has been hammered by the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, with disapproval of his job performance reaching a career high, opposition to the new healthcare law up sharply and evidence of potential fallout in the midterm elections a year off.

The president’s job approval rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, down 13 percentage points this year and 6 points in the past month to match the lowest of his presidency. Fifty-five percent disapprove, a record. And 70 percent say the country’s headed seriously off on the wrong track – up 13 points since May to the most in two years.

See PDF with full results, charts and tables here.

Other ratings of the president’s performance have tumbled as well. He’s at career lows for being a strong leader, understanding the problems of average Americans and being honest and trustworthy – numerically under water on each of these (a first for the latter two). His rating for strong leadership is down by 15 points this year and a vast 31 points below its peak shortly after he took office. In a new gauge, just 41 percent rate him as a good manager; 56 percent think not.

This poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds that the president’s personal image has suffered alongside his professional ratings. Fewer than half, 46 percent, see him favorably overall, down 14 points this year to the fewest of his presidency. Fifty-two percent now view him unfavorably, a new high and a majority for the first time since he took office. It may matter: Personal popularity can provide a president with cushioning when the going gets rough. Losing it leaves the president more vulnerable.

ACA – Skepticism about the Affordable Care Act looks to be the driving force in Obama’s troubles. Americans by nearly 2-1, 63-33 percent, disapprove of his handling of implementation of the new health care law. And the public by 57-40 percent now opposes the law overall, its most negative rating to date, with opposition up by 8 points in the past month alone.

Via: ABC News

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Poll: President Obama approval at 41 percent

President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have continued their slide in his fifth year in the White House, with the latest number down 14 points from last December, according to a new poll.

Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing, while 53 percent disapprove, according to a Pew Research Center poll out Friday. That 12 point deficit in approval is the largest of Obama’s presidency, according to Pew’s polling.

Pew compared Obama’s approval to the last few presidents in their fifth year. Obama’s decline mimics that of George W. Bush, who registered a 36 percent approval rating at the same point in his term, down 12 points from the December before. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, was at a 58 percent approval the year after he was reelected.

(PHOTOS: Obama’s second term)

Asked about their feelings on Obama’s handling of five specific issues, Americans only approved of his job on terrorism, 51 percent to 44 percent. The president registered his lowest rating ever on handling the economy, with 31 percent approving to 65 percent disapproving. His approval rating in each category besides terrorism was in the 30s.

Pew surveyed 2,003 American adults from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 for the poll, which has an error margin of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

Via: Politico

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Pew poll shows Obama on downward slide

A new Pew poll shows that President Barack Obama’s ratings have plunged downwards, while his disapproval ratings are climbing.

He’s got a thumbs-up from only 41 percent of 2,003 adults, and 53 percent disapproval.

The approval rate has fallen from 55 percent in December, and it puts him close to President George W. Bush, whose ratings for the same time-period in 2005 were only 35 percent, said the Pew report.

Obama has even worse numbers than Bush on particular issues, such as his second-term push for increased immigration. He’s got 32 percent support and faces 60 percent opposition for his efforts to sharply increase immigration of roughly 25 million low-skill workers into a high-skill, high-unemployment economy.

On the economy, he’s got 31 percent approval, 66 percent disapproval.

He’s only got 37 percent approval on his highest first-term priority, health-care, and faces 59 percent disapproval amid reports of canceled policies, broken websites and rising prices.

The numbers match other recent polls. Gallup showed his support dipping this week to 39 percent approval, with 54 percent opposition. The number quickly bounced back to 42 percent, however. An NBC poll, released Oct. 30, showed his support at 42 percent.

With his polls in the dumps, Obama has gone on the 2014 campaign trail this week.

Via: Daily Caller

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OBAMA APPROVAL LOWER THAN BUSH'S AT SAME TIME IN PRESIDENCY

Politically, Barack Obama is in worse shape at this time in his presidency than George W. Bush was at the exact same time in his. The first week of November in the fifth year of his presidency, Gallup showed Bush with a 40% job approval rating, with 55% disapproving. The first week of November in the fifth year of his presidency, Gallup has Obama at 39% approve, 53% disapprove.

The glib response from the media and left to this kind of news is that Obama is not going to face another re-election. But that is all happy talk. If a president wants to pursue a second-term agenda, job approval numbers mean everything. Another worry for Democrats should be that Obama's basement in approval does begin with the number three.

The circumstance both presidents faced and face are completely different, as well.

Five years ago, Bush was fighting an unpopular war in Iraq that hadn't yet turned around with the surge. Obama is dealing with an unpopular law, a debacle of a website, and a credibility implosion due to repeatedly lying to the American people about being able to keep their health insurance.

The surge eventually worked in Iraq, and until Hurricane Katrina, Bush was able to rebound a little.

Even if Obama's "tech surge" on the ObamaCare website works, there is no surge that will ever save any president caught on tape relentlessly lying to the American people, and then lying about his lying.  

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Obama's Job Approval Declines to 44.5% in 19th Quarter

Three-percentage-point decline in approval from previous quarter

by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama averaged a 44.5% job approval rating during his 19th quarter in office, a decline of more than three percentage points from his 18th quarter. That is one of the largest quarter-to-quarter declines of his presidency, behind a nine-point drop in his third quarter and a six-point drop in his 11thquarter.

The 19th quarter, which ran from July 20-Oct. 19, is now the third in a row in which Obama's job approval rating has declined. The current slump followed five consecutive quarters -- the 12th through the 16th -- of higher job approval.

Obama's Gallup daily job approval ratings tended to be higher earlier in his 19th quarter than in the latter part. In late August and early September, Obama sought congressional approval for military action in Syria, something the public did not favor. That military action was avoided when Russian officials helped broker a diplomatic solution.

Then, during the partial government shutdown that began Oct. 1 and included 11th-hour negotiations to increase the debt limit, his job approval dipped as low as 41%. His Gallup daily job approval ratings had not been lower since November 2011.

Via: Gallup Poll

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Poll: 81 Percent Disapprove of Congress

Fully 81 percent of voters questioned in a Fox News national poll disapprove of the job Congress is doing — and the poor ratings come almost evenly among the political parties.

Independents lead the disapproval ratings, Fox News reports, with nearly nine out of 10 people — 88 percent — giving lawmakers poor ratings. In addition, 82 percent of Democrats give Congress a thumbs-down, followed by 77 percent of Republicans, and 71 percent of tea party supporters.

Even then, the disapproval ratings aren't at their lowest. That point was in 2011, when 83 percent of voters thought Congress was not doing its job properly. But the current survey revealed that only 13 percent of the 952 voters Fox polled randomly on Oct. 1-2 approve of Congress. 

In comparison, President Barack Obama's job ratings are up slightly, but still below 50 percent. 

In the current poll, 45 percent of voters approved of his performance, compared to 40 percent approval in early September in a poll taken when he still was considering military action against President Bashar Assad's regime in Syria. 

Obama's ratings are up because more Democrats approve of the president. His job-approval rating among Democrats hit a record low of 69 percent in September, but now, 84 percent of Democrats approve. His rating among independents is up as well, with 32 percent approving, up from 29 percent. 

Though his numbers are up, more voters disapproved than approved on each of the issues tested in the poll. 

For example, on healthcare, 45 percent approve of Obama, while 51 percent disapprove, improving on September's ratings of 38 percent approval and 58 percent disapproval.

His marks are lowest for handling the federal deficit, at 35 percent to 59 percent and Syria, at 38 percent to 51 percent. 

Via: Newsmax

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No confidence: Obama plummets in the eyes of Americans

President Obama’s job approval rating has plunged nine points since April to 41 percent, according to a new poll from McClatchy/Marist — his worst mark since hitting 39 percent in September 2011.

Mr. Obama, though, still enjoys a higher approval rating than lawmakers at the other end of of Pennsylvania Avenue. Twenty-two percent approve of Congressional Republicans and one-third of registered voters approve of Congressional Democrats’ job performance.

Mr. Obama is slated to kick off a series of speeches on the economy Wednesday; 37 percent of respondents approve of his handling of the economy, while 56 percent disapprove.

Mr. Obama’s disapproval rating is at 48 percent in the poll, up slightly from April’s 46 percent.

“Clearly six months into his second term there’s been falloff across the board. It’s not like one group bailed on him,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College in New York. “When [Obama] gets away from talking about the economy, numbers have a tendency to slide.”

A Real Clear Politics average of polls from June 28 to July 21 puts Mr. Obama’s approval rating at 45.6 percent and his disapproval rating at 49.2 percent. On Christmas Eve last year, he was safely above water; he had an average 53.8 percent approval rating and 41.8 percent disapproval average.

Via: Washington Times

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