Obama now at 85% approval among liberal Democrats

[UrbScotty]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/presidential-approval-center.aspx

[TheWraith]

1. Gosh, you mean to say that DU is extreme and not representative of the public?!

I'm shocked, shocked I say!!

I predict crickets for this thread.

[great white snark]

7. Some of DU.

You can be an overall supporter and still have major complaints.

[banned from Kos]

10. Not just DU - its a blog phenomena.

People group with other outliers to support their own need for confirmation bias.

[TheWraith]

22. This is true. It's the way echo chambers happen.

And it's also the creator of the "But everyone I know voted for McGovern!" effect.

[yeswecanandwedid]

33. I'm not extreme, I'm rational. nt

[UrbScotty]

36. Me too - that's why I'm behind this President 100%

;-)

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. Down from 85% in the same poll in November...

Hey, wait a second...

[monmouth]

3. Not many are paying attention, vacations, no money, heat, etc. n/t

[ladjf]

4. Something seems wrong about that number. nt

[vaberella]

8. Only if you count DU as all American liberal Dems. n/t

[snot]

5. If true, incredibly depressing.

[slay]

9. +1

yeah if true i hold out very little hope for this country. :(

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

31. Why? Just because some here on DU suffer from Obama Derangement

doesn't mean the majority of us progressives do! I proudly support our president and I don't mind saying so. Suffer well...

[slay]

49. And some are blind cheerleaders

if you want to start with the name calling and psycho-analyizing. if you think Obama is good.. bwwwhhahah.. sorry the thought just cracks me up - i've got this awesome bridge to sell you - you're gonna LOVE it! :eyes:

[Tarheel_Dem]

50. You mean like me?

:rofl:

[Fire1]

52. Good one! LOL!! n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. Not blind! SMART!!! And understand how politics work! n/t

[slay]

6. Just makes me think people don't really understand the meaning of the word liberal -or aren't paying

attention to his actions. Worst. Democrat. President. Ever.

[UrbScotty]

21. First of all, it's 'Democratic,' not 'Democrat'

Second, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, James K. Polk, and Martin were all Democrats - What did they do that would make them better than Obama?

Third, Bill Clinton gave us NAFTA and DADT - and there was a lot of scandal surrounding his administration (and not just that which involved his Breitbart). Great guy, but not as liberal or successful as Obama.

Fourth, LBJ escalated a war, Obama ended one and has begun to end another.

Fifth, if more people were paying attention, he'd probably have more than 90% approval among liberal Democrats and 60%-plus approval among all Americans.

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[Liberal_Stalwart71]

32. Thank you! Tired of that "DemoCRAT" shit, too! Appreciate that. n/t

[slay]

38. Obama is a democrat

or at least he claims to be one.

[TheWraith]

23. Right, it has to be THEM who doesn't understand. It couldn't be the perpetually angry whiners...

...who universally believe that they are representative of all liberals.

[montanacowboy]

11. Bullshit

n/t

[n2doc]

17. +1

No one in my group of friends/acquaintances approves of the job he has done. And this is in an academic setting with lots of liberals.

[TheWraith]

28. "But everyone I know voted for McGovern!"

For the umpteenth time this thread: one person's social circle is not more valid than scientific polling.

[grantcart]

48. lol do you realize the irony of promoting your very high academic

credentials and in the same post that any scientific polling that disagrees with your anecdotal group of friends is 'bullshit'.

I wouldn't want to take a statistics course at that academic institution.

[Greybnk48]

12. I call bullshit too. I know a lot of pissed off liberals

right now, who I assume are still considered Democrats. Just bullshit. I hope HE'S (the Pres.) not buying this crap and allowing it to guide his actions.

[TheWraith]

24. "But everyone I know voted for McGovern!"

Newsflash: your personal circle is not more scientifically valid than a demographically sampled and adjusted poll.

[Fuddnik]

44. I think they only polled DNC employees.

[fascisthunter]

13. Obama would do well to ignore this poll

because I do think it's bullshit, and before you start regurgitating the new meme that DU is not representative of the US liberals, I personally know liberals who do NOT come to DU and they won't be voting for him.

[a simple pattern]

14. Bullshit

[slay]

15. CNN Poll: Drop in liberal support pushes Obama approval rating down

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4931352

[Davis_X_Machina]

18. Last two months of Gallup, prior to the current poll....

Jul 11, 2011 85%
Jul 4, 2011 84%
Jun 27, 2011 86%
Jun 20, 2011 81%
Jun 13, 2011 86%
Jun 6, 2011 87%
May 30, 2011 87%
May 23, 2011 88%
May 16, 2011 90%
May 9, 2011 88%

Gallup Link is to Excel-format data.

Plunging.

[BklnDem75]

19. Question 43 of the poll you posted

Do you think the Democratic party should renominate Barack Obama as the party's candidate for president in 2012, or do you think the Democratic party should nominate a different candidate for president in 2012?

Democrats:

Democrat 81%
Liberal 84%
Moderate 76%


http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/07/22/obama.aproval.pdf

[Davis_X_Machina]

20. Well, that's only because they didn't...

...specifically ask about Bernie Sanders, of course.

[treestar]

47. Wow, so it's the moderates who are slightly less happy

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[shanti]

25. bull*cough*shit

:eyes:

[TheWraith]

27. Yes, because your personal prejudices are more accurate than scientific polling!

Wait... I think I know what's bullshit here.

[shanti]

29. i don't believe in polls

not when *ush was in charge, and not now. polls are easily manipulated.

[Number23]

30. That's gotta sting

I think a few folks are gonna need some of this:

[Tarheel_Dem]

51. >>>>>

:spray:

You gotta quit doing that!

:rofl:

[BlueIris]

34. His rating is 0% among the liberals I know. And most other voting Democrats I know.

But I must only be hanging out with the fringe, I guess--all my friends are teachers, healthcare workers, seniors and students.

:sarcasm:

[boppers]

37. Not liberals. Liberal Democrats.

The polling number was about self-described a) Democrats who b) trend liberal.

That leaves out greens, anarchists, socialists, communists, pacifists (And lots of other "ists")... bunches of liberals who aren't democrats, though they may caucus with them.


edit: typo

[treestar]

46. They aren't enough for an accurate poll

[NorthCarolina]

35. LOL....good one. No, I don't want to buy a bridge either. n/t

[djean111]

39. So what?

I decide how I feel and how I vote, do you honestly think people should look at some poll results and say oh, I must join up with the herd?
And why care if there is a board that does not particularly like Obama? Unless the mandate for Group Think has taken effect - just go to a board that likes him..... this whole piling on whenever there is a discouraging word, whenever there are people who don't follow the party line - is starting to remind me of how the religious right wants to regulate me. Just no.

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[Vattel]

42. According to a CNN poll

almost one in four who disapprove of Obama's performance say that they disapprove because he is not liberal enough. That's a lot of people.

[paulk]

43. most recent poll shows drop to 71%

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/22/cnn-poll-drop-in-liberal-support-pushes-obama-approval-rating-down/

[BklnDem75]

45. The Gallup poll makes the distinction between Liberal and Liberal Democrat

Also a sample size of 1009 adults with a margin of error of +/- 7% is pretty damn terrible.