Daily Kos Weekly Tracking Poll: Obama Approval Increases to 56

[Moochy]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/1/821089/-Weekly-Tracking-Poll:-The-Holiday-Spirit,-Part-III

DKOS Diarist Steve Singiser wrote:

On the final week of the 2009 incarnation of the Daily Kos State of the Nation tracking poll, we have what, to my memory, is a first: every entity polled, regardless of party, saw incremental improvement in their numbers.

Like last week, there are two really plausible explanations for this: either people are generally feeling better about everything because of the holiday season, or the recent conclusion of the Senate round of the health care debate has allowed both parties to consolidate their faithful, to some extent.

There is a real piece of evidence to suggest that the latter is the impetus for the generally positive track of the numbers for both parties over the last three weeks.

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FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE NET CHANGE
PRESIDENT OBAMA 56 (55) 40 (41) +2

PELOSI: 42 (42) 49 (50) +1
REID: 32 (31) 57 (59) +3
McCONNELL: 18 (17) 64 (65) +2
BOEHNER: 18 (17) 62 (63) +2

CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: 40 (39) 55 (55) +1
CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: 17 (15) 66 (68) +4

DEMOCRATIC PARTY: 42 (41) 54 (54) +1
REPUBLICAN PARTY: 29 (28) 61 (62) +2

It's great to see the obstructionist Republican Politician's approval numbers so much lower than the rest of the pack.

Boehner is close to Cheney approval numbers with 18 (17)

But according to the diarist:

...there are two really plausible explanations for this: either people are generally feeling better about everything because of the holiday season, or the recent conclusion of the Senate round of the health care debate has allowed both parties to consolidate their faithful, to some extent.

Which do you all think? personally i think it's a mix of both of these.

[Moochy]

1. kick

:kick:
shameless self-kick for a non flame-filled discussion of these results.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Very interesting. K&R.

Good news... Thanks for posting! :hi:

[G_j]

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still wondering who those ppl are who approve of Cheney..
:scared:

[Moochy]

4. Cheney's daughter still approves of him!

She seems to be the only one defending him publicly. :rofl:

[jpak]

5. NNNOOOOoooo!!111 Obama is worse than Bush!!111 He will lead the Democrats to defeat in 2010!

:cry:


















:D

[Moochy]

7. Noooooooooooooo he's not. :)

:) but thanks for kicking it! I hope this recent dip in the polls spurs the White House to pay more attention to the base! We can hope!

[kentuck]

6. I think Obama is viewed more favorable than Democrats in general..

And his poll ratings will have little influence on the mid-term elections. Democrats are pissed off, generally speaking, at their Party.

[Moochy]

8. It's definitely just a blip

But a positive one, and noone here is hoping for Obama's poll numbers to fall.

I'm very cynical about the Health Care Reform bill... if getting the bill passed is like making sausage, it's turned me into a legislative process vegetarian. My hope for 2010 is that the voter's anger can be directed at the races where progressives can gain seats.

[G_j]

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