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Obama's Slipping Grip on the Public

Adam126 Wrote: Jul 15, 2009 11:19 AM

Yes, Eric, but the republican image is better perceived on 8 of 10 issues. That's a promising statistic if you're a republican. I agree, those ratings were higher due to the MSM's glorification of the current POTUS, but reality is setting in for a lot of people. He swore up and down to have transparency in his administration: that all bills would sit on his desk for 5 days for scrutiny before acting. To my knowledge he hasn't done that yet. We've all heard the stories of the bills that came off the press and then were voted on that day or very soon after. Perhaps people are realizing "this isn't what I voted for."

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Obama's Slipping Grip on the Public

In the polling hierarchy, the least significant data measure is a president's personal popularity. Here, President Obama excels, with most polls showing him in the high 60s. Next comes his job approval, significant but not necessarily predictive.

Obama's approval, in the Rasmussen Poll, has now dipped to 51 percent, one point less than his 2008 vote share of 52 percent. In past polls, most voters registering disapproval for the president had voted for Sen. John McCain. Now, Obama's starting to lose people who backed him last November.