Gallup: Obama approval falls to low of 40% (down 7-points among Dems/ Indies in last 3-weeks)

[WI_DEM]

(and up 1-point among GOP)

Obama's 40% overall approval rating nearly matches the recent 41% approval Americans gave him for handling the debt ceiling negotiations. Though Americans rate Obama poorly for his handling of the situation, they are less approving of how House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are handling it. Gallup does not include ratings of Congress or congressional leaders in its Daily tracking, and thus, there is no overall job approval rating of Boehner, Reid, or Congress directly comparable to Obama's current 40% overall job approval rating.

Obama's job approval rating among Democrats is 72%, compared with 34% among independents and 13% among Republicans. In the prior three weeks, his average approval rating was 79% among Democrats, 41% among independents, and 12% among Republicans.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/148739/Obama-Approval-Drops-New-Low.aspx

[ej510]

1. When you threaten to cut social programs, people will give you the finger.

[joeybee12]

2. And WON'T give money...nt

[neverforget]

3. Pushing austerity in a time of economic hardship will not win you friends

[WI_DEM]

4. It says that his attempts at "compromise" with the GOP are backfiring

among the very voters he needs and the only added support is very little by those who by and large wont' be voting for him anyway.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. -5% among Democrats - 6% among Independents +1% among Republicans.

The plan to woo the "moderates" isn't working.

[DJ13]

12. See, his approval is rising among those he most wants to impress

:banghead:

[toddwv]

17. +1

He's wooed all the moderates he going to woo at this point.

It's time to take the reins and stop the wagon from plummeting over THE SAME DAMN CLIFF!!!

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Gee perhaps the strategy of trying to appeal to THEIR base isn't working?

[EFerrari]

8. LOL

[WI_DEM]

11. I think Obama has to be the worst advised dem president I've seen

on the economy and on the politics.

[Parker CA]

7. The only uptick in approval numbers from the prior three weeks, albeit just 1%, came from

Republicans who were polled.

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Way to win those indies! Go bipartisanship! Yeah!

When will he pull his head out?

[ProSense]

10. Yay! Gallup:

Obama's 40% overall approval rating nearly matches the recent 41% approval Americans gave him for handling the debt ceiling negotiations. Though Americans rate Obama poorly for his handling of the situation, they are less approving of how House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are handling it. Gallup does not include ratings of Congress or congressional leaders in its Daily tracking, and thus, there is no overall job approval rating of Boehner, Reid, or Congress directly comparable to Obama's current 40% overall job approval rating.

Obama's job approval rating among Democrats is 72%, compared with 34% among independents and 13% among Republicans. In the prior three weeks, his average approval rating was 79% among Democrats, 41% among independents, and 12% among Republicans.

[WI_DEM]

14. Of course that 40% is still better than Boehner and the others in Washington.

[mitchtv]

18. besides long time Dems' opinions don't count

and we have no where to go. What we think is of no import.

[demosincebirth]

13. this will give teabaggers a shot in the arm not to compromise

[vi5]

15. Wow. What a shocking development!

You mean his "Last reasonable man in Washington/Bipartisanship Uber Alles" act is not resonating with the American public?

You mean to tell me that "Hey we're less crazy than that other guy!" act isn't a smashing success?

You mean that telling people how much of a patriot John Boehner is and how much "both sides" are working on a compromise because they love their country, when it's clear those people are batshit fucking insane isn't causing the country at large to break out in awestruck applause?

Wow. Who would have thought that?

[drakonyx]

16. Alternative?

So are you suggesting putting another candidate up to challenge Obama? Won't happen. Voting for Green candidate? Voting for a *gasp* Republican?