The poll is done by Research 2000 and the overall approval number for Obama is right in line with Gallup's #. The poll is paid for by DailyKos but that does not mean it is biased. This is a reputable polling firm. But if you want to shoot the messenger, that's your deal. The fact is - the Republican party is dead as far as those born after 1980 are concerned and as those born after '80 make up more and more of the electorate moving forward - the GOP will have next to no chance of winning elections in the future unless they drastically change the direction of their party.
That's been my experience, too. Racists are the first to call someone a racist - and racism, like stupidity, knows no color or nationality. It's also been my experience that those that white people that enjoy calling others racist can also be besieged by white guilt.
Obama was up +2 today in the tracking poll which puts him at 56% approval, that's the highest he's been since August 6th (the last time he reached 56%) so that's a pretty good sign. He hasn't been at 57% since July 22nd.
Back in the 1980s during the Reagan Revolution the Democrats controlled the House and the Republicans only had a couple seat majority in the Senate. Nobody would have guessed that there would be a Republican Revolution in 1994. People born after 1980 will wake-up once the free lunch is over. How long do you believe that the US can continue to have a $2 trillion deficit without either double digit inflation or a dollar crash? Winning the Nobel Peace Prize gave Barry Obama a small pop. Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize as well.
Carter didn't win it as President. Big difference. The other two Presidents who have won in office were Theodore Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson. Interestingly enough; Glenn Beck likes to attack those two Presidents too (I watch his show from time to time because it's good to know what kind of propaganda the right wingers are spreading.) Progress is a bad thing to these nutters. They'd prefer we still live like it was 1650.
I'm glad you saw that I wasn't calling you or anyone else in this thread a racist. I've even said on this very forum that I don't think any of you are. Every sane person in America is fed up with this "racist crap". There are racists on both sides. I have friends who REALLY get on my nerves because they literally make every little thing racist and get REALLY angry about it. They are older black people and I understand what they must have gone through back in the 50s and 60s. I try to remind them that this is the 21st century and we make fun of racists now. But I agree with Mia, all they're really doing is trying to hide their own anger/hatred/racism. Just like I also believe that some of the people who are grabbing on to any reason they can to be against Obama even when it doesn't make any sense are hiding theirs. Would you agree? The irony here is that as much as I try not to come off as one of those types, the medium of the internet has confused my point. I'm not just bringing up racism for the joy of bringing up racism. I was making a point..... It was one of quite a few if you go back and read my post. --> The point being that even after inheriting a bad economy, 2 wars, high jobless numbers and pushing his unpopular health care debate, while NOT having the benefit of a catastrophic event like 9/11 to rally everyone behind him his numbers are still at or above 50%. I also pointed out that (on top of all of that) there are people in this country who are against him just because he's black. It was a side point meant to be mixed in with all the others but a factual one nonetheless..... But for some reason everyone (even the people who are sick of this racism stuff) just pounced on that alone, so I defended it. That lead me to believe that you all didn't have a counter to my overall point then around and around we went
I can't believe I left the site in July and come back at the end of September and Zibblu is still posting his useless dribble
This is a thread about Obama's approval ratings. I don't think you can get anymore on topic than most of my posts in this thread. Today Obama is at 56% approval (and only 36% disapproval.) With as much mud as the right wing has thrown at him, he is still a popular President.
I do not think he is disputing the topic. I think he is questioning the facts you are presenting. Your numbers are way off. Actually, they are kinda flip flopped. Perhaps you are reading them wrong, or we are just misunderstanding you? Anyway, I think that was what his comments meant.
You still can't get anybody to believe that no matter how many times you write it Nobody believes that, either! This wouldn't be the first time Zibby's "facts" were disputed here. Poor Zibby - the Lord of Empty Rhetoric!
He did seem to get a little bump from that, which I'm almost surprised by considering all of the negativity about the award (really from both the far right and the far left...) But then I think maybe all of the negativity is coming from people who either already hate the President or strongly support him (but don't feel that he should have got this award until he ends the wars etc.) So perhaps the positivity is coming from more middle of the road voters and thus his approval inched up a bit. It seems stuck on 56% now (3 days running) I think it's likely he'll dip back a bit now. Long term, I do think that if the economy completely recovers (not just for wall street as far as jobs go) and true health care reform is passed that Obama's approval ratings will climb back into the mid 60s... I don't think he can go much higher than that because the hatred on the right is completely irrational, thus it doesn't really matter what happens in reality - those people have already made up their minds.
The Nobel Peace Prize is now officially a joke. Even the Prize committe yesterday admitted that it's only a political tool. It has never been awarded to Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, or Pope Jon Paul II. Why? Because the prize is awarded to the highest bidder, that's why. Of course, the committee believes that terrorist Yasser Arafat, and no-accomplishment Barack Obama did more for peace than Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa.
Obama fell 4% today from 56% to 52% probably because a strong day of polling fell off. But regardless of the reason, it appears clear that the Nobel Peace Prize bump was short lived. A bit disappointing, but not surprising.
@Zibby, why are you obsessed with President Obama's approval rating? Do you think his approval rating is more important than accomplishments, hmmm?
I am surprised that after yesterday's big fall, Obama bounced back a bit today (up to 53%.) He's been in this range for quite awhile now and I'm not sure what will have to happen to get him to raise out of it (or to fall lower...) but the good news is, 53% is still easily good enough to get him re-elected.
You are close, very close. It's actually the other way around. That's not the number that approve, thats the number that disapprove. Again, you are close.