Obama's favorability rating trounce all GOP rivals...

[Drunken Irishman]

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/08/looking-at-republican-candidate-field.html

[havocmom]

1. Odd thing. The message from that proves a lot of people's point

:rofl:

[Nite Owl]

2. I kinda remember W

barely making it over 50% after his innauguation and going downhill from there (except right after 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq War). He sort of settled in in the 30'% for a long time and no one in the msm really talked about it.

[thewiseguy]

9. Uh wrong

They kept talking and ridiculing W for his low poll numbers.

[Phx_Dem]

10. I don't recall that at all. Not until the last 9-12 months of his loooooong presidency.

[denimgirly]

3. Although i wish we had a Progressive President i'd take Him over any Repub...

I just wish he stood strong on progressive ideals and not look to appease the first chance he gets with the right. But seeing as how we are moving forward but at an atroshly slow pace i guess i have no choice but to accept and settle for this or nothing. One day democrats will learn to be fighters seeing as how the new democrats liek Wiener and Grayson are growing popular

[smalll]

4. That says that Obama's net favorability rating is -1, while Huckabee's and Romney's are both at -2.

That's not trouncing.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Uh, did you bother looking at the numbers?

Obama's favorability: 47%
Palin's favorability: 37%
Romney's favorability: 35%
Huckabee's favorability: 32%
Gingrich's favorability: 31%

Palin's favorability comes the closest to Pres. Obama's and it's still ten-points off.

That's what I call trouncing.

[smalll]

6. Yes, that's half the story --

Obama's favorability: 47% -- unfavorability: 48% -- net, -1
Romney's favorability: 35% -- unfavorability: 37% -- net, -2
Huckabee's favorability: 32% -- unfavorability: 34% -- net, -2.

That's what the story says! That's not a "trouncing." When Romney and Huckabee start running, they will become more known, and both numbers their positive and negative ratings will rise accordingly.

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Are you acting silly on purpose?

Did I post about Obama's net favorability rating trouncing that of Republicans? No. Of course not. I said his favorability trounces Republicans. And it does.

Net favorability is pointless when you're dealing with numbers that don't equal the output of the others. You could realistically say someone who has a favorability rating of 2 and a unfavorability rate of 0 is better off than Pres. Obama under your logic.

It doesn't work that way, however. There are variables as to why Pres. Obama's unfavorability rate is higher than the others listed. Mostly because he's the President and constantly in the limelight. The others, on a good week, maybe make the news once or twice.

So yes, there is a reason I went with favorability instead of favorability rate. It's a far more concrete way of looking at this comparison than by rate - which is skewed due to the fact every other candidate doesn't have a complete sample size.

Look at it this way:

Let's say Pres. Obama had an approval of 51/48 and Palin had an approval rate of 35/32. Who would you say was more popular? Obama or Palin?

Obama, of course. Even though both have the exact same approval/dissapporval rate.

Now who do you think is seen as more favorable of those listed? The man with the 47% favorability rate or the man with only 32%? Exactly.

[Robbins]

7. Obama

He will win In 2012 the problem Is with Independents turning against Democrats and democrats getting dissilloened especilly with
Obama with a 52 percent disapproval ratings It may not be pretty for Democrats In November.2012 will be a different story.CNN and
MSNBC will be screwed In the fall since disillasioned Democrats with nielson boxes will not be watching them for the election.
Republicans with nielson boxes watch Fox.