Rasmussen- Obama's job approval at 49.

[Mass]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

Not that I trust these indexes particularly, but I doubt this will make the headlines as it does not fit with the meme.

[jefferson_dem]

1. Thanks for posting.

:)

[WI_DEM]

2. that's why these daily tracking polls are for the birds, just a few days ago he was at 42 in Ras

and people were making a big deal out of it, and now its 49. They go up and down.

[n2doc]

3. Sheesh he's really tanking

:sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

4. Doesn't this mean he's really up to about 54%?

We know how ras stretches the truth. :)

[MinneapolisMatt]

5. Most likely, yes!

:)

[and-justice-for-all]

7. I would think so..nt

[Historic NY]

9. Yup, the R in his name stand for Repuke..

[Kind of Blue]

12. another thread has the pres up 52 at Gallup

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x480548

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

26. Not today. He's really at 46%

Here:

http://www.gallup.com/Home.aspx

[Kind of Blue]

29. Thanks for the link.

I think I'm giving up on daily Obama polling :crazy:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

32. That's what I've been trying to tell people.

These polls are so unreliable because they only capture a snapshot in time!

[Kind of Blue]

35. You won't have to tell me twice :) n/t

[K8-EEE]

6. but....but....but.... the librul media says his NUMBERS are BAD!

How can they better than the sainted Ronald Reagan's were before HIS first midterms.

[jenmito]

8. A 12 point swing in two days!! n/t

[BootinUp]

13. Looks like that data needs to be smoothed like a 3 day rolling avg

I don't see where they say anything indicating that was done.

[jenmito]

14. They say they DO do a 3-day rolling avg:

"Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error-for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters--is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members..."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[BootinUp]

15. ok, thanks for looking it up. nt

[jenmito]

18. No problem. n/t

[vaberella]

17. Thank you Jenmito...I knew I couldn't have been the only one.

These polls are all bogus.

[jenmito]

19. No problemo...

these polls change like crazy!

[FrenchieCat]

10. Kick to topple the other posting here showing a much lower number for the Prez!

[thelordofhell]

11. (R)assmussen is full of shit......as usual

He probably got a 58% rating with a +/- 9% margin for error, so then they did the - and got 49%.

[vaberella]

16. I totally believe all these polls are shit. Just a few days ago Obama was at 42.

Then in a period of 3-4 days he's up 7. Good lord.

[young but wise]

21. +1

[Telalim]

20. Obama has only lost white voters

I'll keep saying it again and again, Obama's approval numbers are outstanding with all groups except whites, especially white males. Obama should realize that he is never going to attract white support, especially white males, so his policies better be geared towards the heart of the democratic party-blacks, hispanics, and disaffected whites (especially anti-war whites, pro-consumer),gays and feminists.

His poll numbers would be upwards of mid to upper 50% if he was able to attract the "hard core" progressives. Us anti-war, gay rights, pro-consumer Americans more than make up for the dying white man.

I was so happy when I heard him say that American's are tribal when voting. It lifted my heart because I think that he finally gets it. With over 90% black support, 70% hispanic, 50-50 asian, he only needs the "professional left" to do well.

[babylonsister]

22. Huh? He's never going to attract white support? Did you happen

to see that rally yesterday? :wtf:

[Hello_Kitty]

24. So what? The post you responded to is right.

You can ignore what the polling shows and focus on rally if you want but it won't change things. Obama's disapproval comes from white people.

[babylonsister]

30. Baloney. A blanket statement like that is not correct, even

if you'd like to think so. I know plenty of white people who voted for Obama, myself included.

[Cali_Democrat]

23. Obama can't get white supoprt?

No offense, but you're completely full of shit.

[Hello_Kitty]

25. If the electorate were all white, McCain would be President and that is a fact.

[Cali_Democrat]

27. That's not what I was responding to

Hypothetical scenarios about elections with different demographics is meaningless.

The poster said, "Obama should realize that he is never going to attract white support"

He may not get a majority of white support, but he still can attract white voters.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

28. He got enough support from white women and siphoned off enough white men to take

the election. White women are the key. If he can get and maintain a majority of white women and peel off just a few white men, he wins.

It's true with most Democrats.

White men are more likely to identify with the Republican Party or some other party other than Democrats.

[renate]

31. I was going to say "welcome to DU" but from your profile I see you've been here a while

You must be the strong silent type. :)

[Ramulux]

33. Holy shit

that's a big jump for Rasmussen. This is very good news, if Rasmussen shows this much of a jump there has undeniably been a big dem surge.

[Imajika]

34. These numbers bounce around a lot...

He was at 43% just the other day, and a few days before that he was at 49-50%. I'd have too see him at near 50% for several days to believe that any real trend is developing. Gallup is more or less the same way.