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June 19, 2009 Obama Job Approval Slips to 58% for First Time Lowest
reading for Obama thus far in Gallup Poll Daily tracking by Lydia Saad
PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama's job approval rating fell to 58% in
Gallup Poll Daily tracking from June 16-18 -- a new low for Obama in Gallup
tracking, although not dissimilar to the 59% he has received on four other
occasions.
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Thirty-three percent of Americans now disapprove of the job Obama is doing
as president, just one point shy of his record-high 34% disapproval score
from early June.
Since Obama took office in January, his approval rating in Gallup tracking
has averaged
63%<http://www.gallup.com/poll/116479/Barack-Obama-Presidential-Job-Approval.aspx>,
and most of his three-day ratings have registered above 60%. Approval of
Obama did fall to 59% in individual readings in February, March, April, and
early June; however, in each case, the rating lasted only a day before
rebounding to at least 60%.
The latest decline in Obama's approval score, to 58%, results from a drop in
approval among political independents as well as among Republicans.
Democrats remain as highly supportive of the president as ever.
Obama's approval rating was 60% from June 13-15, at which time 88% of
Democrats, 60% of independents, and 25% of Republicans approved of the job
he was doing. In the June 16-18 polling, Democrats' approval of him stands
at 92% -- up slightly -- whereas approval is down among both independents
(by seven points) and Republicans (by four points).
*Bottom Line*
Since February, Obama's weekly approval ratings from Republicans have
consistently averaged close to 30% and from independents, close to 60%. With
Republican approval now down to 21% and independent approval down to 53%,
Obama's overall job approval has dipped to a new low for his presidency.
It is not clear what's behind the decline, but two issues have received
considerable play in the news this week, and could be contributing factors.
On Monday, the president received bad news on healthcare reform from the
Congressional Budget Office, whose estimate of the cost of one reform plan
caused sticker shock on Capitol Hill. This may be feeding into public
concerns about the administration's deficit
spending<http://www.gallup.com/poll/120770/Obama-Rated-Highest-as-Person-Lowest-Deficit-Spending.aspx>.
At the same time, the disputed Iranian presidential election has been
front-page news. Obama's cautious response has sparked sharp criticism from
Republican Sen. John McCain and many on the political right who are eager
for him to declare the election a "fraud," and to show more solidarity with
the Iranian protestors.
*Survey Methods*
Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,504 national adults, aged
18 and older, conducted June 16-18, 2009, as part of Gallup Poll Daily
tracking. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can
say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3
percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for
respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents
who are cell-phone only).
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties
in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of
public opinion polls.
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