CNN POll: Obama @ 200 Days: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?

[stopbush]

Currently Thumbs Up @ 57%.

Vote here, lower right column: http://www.cnn.com/

[redqueen]

1. Anyone who ever questioned the idea that minorities have to work harder ...

should be learning a thing or two right now.

[wtmusic]

2. I dunno, close call between him and Dubya

Amazing. 43/100 Americans are really. that. stupid.

[graywarrior]

3. Brain. Dead.

[jakeXT]

16. Obama Drops Faster than Bush or Carter

By David Paul Kuhn

Barack Obama's public approval rating has fallen faster than presidents from George W. Bush to Jimmy Carter, based on a RealClearPolitics review of historical Gallup polling.

Until Obama, Carter was the last president to begin his term in the high 60s. Carter first polled at a 66 percent approval rating. He did not reach Obama's present territory until mid September, when he hit 54 percent. Carter fell lower in late October--51 percent. And that fall occurred after the Carter administration was branded with scandal, following the Bert Lance affair.

Gallup reports today that Obama has a 52 percent public approval rating, a new low. Yesterday's three-day Gallup average was 53. The day before, 54. Feels like a slow bleed is underway. Obama may soon recover. Presidents do. But these are bad numbers by historical standards.

...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/30/obama_drops_faster_than_bush_or_carter_97703.html

Bush had 9/11 so it will be difficult to compare him after September

[wtmusic]

17. Yeah resuscitating the stock market and getting out of Iraq sank him.

Or maybe...it's $billions being pumped into fighting healthcare reform?

Nah.

[Laelth]

4. Done. k&r for exposure.

Currently 57-43 "thumbs up."

:dem:

-Laelth

[mnhtnbb]

5. Done still 57% up

[daninthemoon]

6. thanks

Thumbs up 57% 149795
Thumbs down 43% 111889
Total Votes: 261684

[Romulox]

7. Thumbs down on non-scientific internet polls! nt

[vadawg]

8. rofl, my thumb is neither up nor down, i still think its to early to judge

though im wondering about the people who attended all the anti war marches who voted, if they make up some of the 43%

[JimWis]

9. Done

[me b zola]

10. done

How would you rate President Obama's first 200 days?

Thumbs up... 57%... 154803

Thumbs down... 43%... 115501

Total Votes: 270304

[newtothegame]

11. Done but I don't quite understand why we flood these polls...

What's the point, to make an unscientific pool more unscientific?

[Towlie]

12. Any positive result at all is exceptional in a "Goldilocks" poll like that one.

When a poll question is formatted to require a "not too hot, not too cold, but just right" opinion in order to warrant a positive vote, it's extremely impressive to get an overall positive result.

[City Lights]

13. Done. nt

[Gothmog]

14. done nt

[damntexdem]

15. Despite my misgiving over many Obama policies, it was 'up.'

I mean, just compare Obama's administration so far to Dubya's misadministration in ANY 200-day period.

[monmouth]

18. I vote on these polls strictly to annoy FReepers...K&R...n/t