CNN: Obama's surprising poll numbers

[spanone]

well cnn, you just gotta try harder....


CNN Poll: Controversies hurting Obama? Has GOP overreacted?

Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.

But a CNN/ORC International survey released Sunday morning also indicates that congressional Republicans are not overplaying their hand when it comes to their reaction to the three controversies that have consumed the nation's capital over the past week and a half. And the poll finds that a majority of Americans take all three issues seriously.


According to the survey, which was conducted Friday and Saturday, 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president's approval rating was at 51% in CNN's last poll, which was conducted in early April.

"That two-point difference is well within the poll's sampling error, so it is a mistake to characterize it as a gain for the president," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Nonetheless, an approval rating that has not dropped and remains over 50% will probably be taken as good news by Democrats after the events of the last week."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/19/have-new-controversies-hurt-obama-has-gop-overreacted/?hpt=hp_t2

[6000eliot]

1. The mainstream media no longer drives the narrative.

People don't care about their breathless reporting of fake "scandals."

[spanone]

2. it would appear that way. people are tired of this do nuttin' congress

[Arugula Latte]

12. I think social media is one factor in the media's loss of power.

People make an end-run around them, and they call out bullshit instantly and in clever ways.

They're not able to get days and days of traction for their fake scandals like they were in the past.

[6000eliot]

17. I agree entirely.

I wonder what sort of difference it might have made, for example, if DU had existed back during the Clinton impeachment?

[Arugula Latte]

18. That is a good question. And if things like Facebook had been around, too.

The sites act like big office water coolers where people can compare notes and point out to each other that the emperor has no clothes. Also, since the '90s millions people on both sides of the political spectrum have realized that the media and "journalism" are not the somewhat "objective" fact-providers they tended to be (well, to a much greater extent than now) before the '90s.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Keep scratching yer noggins, pinheaded pundits

You can't even get your heads out of your own asses - much less outside the beltway. Keep puzzlin' over it, know-nothing nostradumbasses!

[uponit7771]

4. Obama is a good man, the more people hear his name the more his poll numbers go up...

...that has been pretty consistent

[unblock]

5. while they also talk about hyperpartisanship, they fail to realize that they're convincing no one

they are hardening the positions of many people who have long since made up their minds, but they are not changing many opinions.

[spanone]

8. the media obviously works for the same folks as congress

and it's not you and me.

[dtotire]

6. He is doing a satisfactory job

Maybe not great, but better than most

[liberal N proud]

7. That has to piss off the republicans

All that slander and all those attacks and not even a dent in the armor.

[DCKit]

10. It's not a dent, it's a +3.

They're not pissed, they're apoplectic - no clue how it could have gone so wrong. Dog, what a stupid bunch.

[DCKit]

9. What's "CNN"? Never heard of it.

Seriously, folks could learn a lot more about how to think and behave by watching re-runs of "married with children" than most of the MSM shows.

[Indykatie]

11. Had the Poll Reflected a 2 Point Drop CNN Would Have Taken The Opportunity to Paint it As a Big Drop

tied to the "scandals" without mentioning it being within the poll's margin of error. I think the sheer volume of these "scandals" is causing folks to understand that the republicans are overreaching. Everything doesn't rise to the level of scandal nor can everything be Obama's fault directly and at least half of Americans understand that fact.

[Arugula Latte]

13. Right. +2 for Obama is "holds steady," but -2 for Obama is a huge erosion of support

[DCBob]

20. Got that right..

Heres the headline: "Scandals taking their toll on the President's approval numbers."

[GoCubsGo]

14. Surprising only to those who live inside the bubble.

And, I strongly suspect that the president's numbers are even better than what CNN is reporting.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

15. I'll wager that pisses of more than a few here as well

The knives have been out for the POTUS lately here on good ol DU.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Internet GOP trolls not liking this one

[DCBob]

19. Not surprising at all... these "scandals" make no sense to anyone who isnt a Faux Newser type.

and those morans already despised the President.