President Obama's job approval ratings plunge

[alp227]

Source: McClatchy DC

President Barack Obama's job approval ratings have sunk to an historic low in a national poll released Tuesday, following a month of bad headlines chronicling the error prone rollout of his health care law.

American voters disapprove of the job Obama is doing by a 54 percent to 39 percent margin -- his lowest approval rating in any Quinnipiac University national poll since he became president in 2009. Even women -- Obama's biggest supporters -- disapprove of his performance by 51 percent to 40 percent.

The numbers are a slide from the 49 percent to 45 percent disapproval rating Obama had in a similar poll on Oct. 1. His lowest score before today was a 55 percent to 41 percent disapproval in an Oct. 6, 2011 survey by the university.

The poll found disapproval at 58 percent to 37 percent among men, 91 percent to 6 percent among Republicans and 63 percent to 30 percent among independent voters.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/12/208336/president-obamas-job-approval.html

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Full poll: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1975

[DeadEyeDyck]

1. must mean he is doing his job. nt

[Psephos]

3. It didn't when * was president. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

5. Because George W's was in the 20s

[Psephos]

13. * had a higher poll number than Obama at comparable point in presidency

Which negates the original "doing his job" comment.

Anyway, either you're making your argument against the parent post I was referring to, or mine, but not both. Unless logic is unimportant to you.

[Blue_Tires]

17. So, being "logical", WHAT do the fuckin' poll numbers mean to YOU, then?

Since they are lower than Bush's at a comparable point?

I'm anxious to read your detailed analysis...

[Ace Acme]

18. They mean to me that a lot of people who believed Obama's campaign promises are disappointed.

What do they mean to you?

[Blue_Tires]

20. To me, they mean

the old axiom saying "A coach is only as good as his last victory" rings true...

People are understandably fickle, and if you look at what were the three most prominent stories in the weeks leading up to this poll (healthcare implementation and the website mess, the government shutdown which many voters still blame Obama for, and the NSA/eavesdropping on foreign heads of state), it's easy to see where peoples' minds were...

Reading a poll is like seeing a photograph of a river and trying to determine the water depth, speed, temperature and if the tide is rising or falling, imo....

[Ace Acme]

31. The rate and direction of change is the most important thing. nt

[McXorsett]

32. When W's numbers were still in the 30's, did it mean he was "doing his job"?

Or the theory that when a President's approval is in the 30's he is doing his job only holds for some?

Look, I believe Obama is an ok President and Bush is an absolutely terrible one. But approval in the 30's doesn't necessarily mean that one President is doing his job. It's simply people's opinions.

[JI7]

2. CNN is excited

[Dopers_Greed]

4. Hitting Bush levels

Rope-a-dope strategy, political chess, etc, etc, etc.

[GreydeeThos]

6. Can't govern by poles

I would say keep on message.
Continue with the current policies.

We can't let a technical glitch in a web site get magnified by a bunch of teabaggers until it changes what we are doing.

Ignore the poles and get on with fixing this country.

[Ace Acme]

8. Right. Just look at Poland to see how government by poles works out. nt

[Skittles]

10. SCHEDULING ACE ACME FOR ASS KICKING

FOR BEING FASTER THAN ME WITH A REPLY REFERENCING POLISH FOLK

[Ace Acme]

11. I was married to one once.

I miss her every day. A marriage has no tiebreaker, so our government was a deadlocked democracy. Sometimes I watch Anna Maria Jopek videos and cry.

[DeSwiss]

24. ....

[Beacool]

15. Are we talking about Polish poles or the strip joint variety.

I just want to get my poles straight.

[AngryAmish]

19. Or a Pole on a pole.

[Ace Acme]

21. Or a pole in a Pole. nt

[Beacool]

23. Wow, I bet she gets lots of tips.

[jakeXT]

26. Too much faith in the stability of that pole

[savalez]

7. Weeks of media bashing will do that to ya!

But wasn't Bush at like 25%?

Can you imagine if Obama had a congress to work with? He'd be riding high. Instead he's saddled with Cry Baby Boner.

[Skarbrowe]

9. No wonder Bill Clinton is taking a different stance on the ACA.

Bill Clinton is trying to get the Obama administration to let the people who have lost their insurance have a chance to get it back. Wouldn't that be defeating the purpose of all insurance companies offering the listed coverage under the ACA? It would totally screw the numbers of people getting the correct insurance all to hell. But, maybe it's time the Clintons distance themselves from Obama. I mean, maybe that's what they're thinking with these kind of Obama numbers. ?

I am not knocking President Obama. There is a lot to be upset about with lousy roll-out of a mandated insurance program. Personally, I think it will all work out in a few months. And, saying that, I might as well agree with people who think the mandated part should be pushed back to cover this extra time for the fix-up. Also, I think Obama's numbers will go back up when (if?) they get the ACA fixed.

[truthisfreedom]

12. We need an army of Democratic Governors, Senators, and Representatives out supporting the ACA

On television and in the media, making YouTube vids and doing interviews!

[Swede Atlanta]

28. The Administration FAILED at communication.....

I said long ago that they needed an entire media campaign as big at their re-selection campaign to

market the ACA, its benefits, etc.

They FAILED to do this and this is what they get now.

They should have had point people and not the meek Secretary Sibelius (I respect her but she doesn't have a strong persona or voice) to immediately acknowledge the issues with the website and the cancelled policies.

They needed someone who was the voice of stability and consistency throughout...perhaps a HealthCare Tsar? I don't know...

But they squandered an opportunity.

I support this President and the ACA but I think they bungled many things that could have been opportunities.

[truthisfreedom]

14. Well there goes the election.

And we had such high hopes.

insert sarcasm thingie here

Congress is at 9%. That's less than 25% of Obama's approval.

[Beacool]

16. Meh, that's part of governing.

Sometimes your numbers are up, sometimes they are down. It would be worrisome if this was late summer next year, but there's plenty of time to fix the website problems before the midterm elections.

[Dawson Leery]

22. +1

The "liberal" media is part of the problem too. They have been playing up everyone that has gone wrong while ignoring the things that have gone well.

[pothos]

25. they'll go back up next year

when people realize they actually like the ACA

[tblue]

27. This will pass.

The news about the website is bad. But it really isn't that serious. Honestly. This is temporary.

[Cigar11]

29. That's really going to hurt him ...

... for his Run for a Third Term

[yurbud]

30. but ONLY a DLC Democrat can ever win the White House...

[Jamaal510]

34. Didn't the DLC dissolve in 2011?

[yurbud]

35. they did a name change. Sort of like Blackwater

once everybody figures out what the new name represents, they'll have to change it again.

[Jamaal510]

33. This is nothing to get too concerned about.

Approval ratings rise and fall all the time, plus Obama won't run for re-election anymore. He's been doing his job all along to the best of his ability. It's the other side that has been impeding progress. Lucky for them, the average American is not too informed about basic civics and our checks-and-balances system, so they automatically blame the guy at the top.