GALLUP: Obama approval at 44/50 ... Best since July 25.

[jefferson_dem]

It was 38/55 on August 28. Not great but it's progress. :bounce:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

[flamingdem]

1. Good! And I noticed that DU is not bashing as much after last night's debate

.. the visceral reality hits home. We luv our President more today than yesterday!

[treestar]

2. May go up tonight

Obama's approval fluctuates with how much he is out there. I remember when it was high and the pundits were so upset he was taking up too much time and thought he should not.

[grantcart]

3. that cannot be true because

1) he has no idea what he is doing

2) Obama's numbers always go down and never go up

3) DU has already concluded that Obama is going down to a major electoral defeat.

4) He never got the nomination in the first place so he never ran in the GE and never was sworn in.

5) If he got the nomination he couldn't win the GE and was never sworn in.

6) If he got the nomination and then won the GE his poll numbers would never have been over 30 at any time, including now.

[chill_wind]

4. Well, you are right. Not great. Not bad. His combined poll average is still around 42%.

(see below link)

And it really hasn't moved much at all from the August date of the Gallup poll you mention among the rest.

National → US-Approval - Obama
Top Matchups

Favorable + Unfavorable
Approve + Disapprove

Poll Results
09/07/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 50.0% Approve 44.0%
09/07/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 56.0% Approve 43.0%
09/06/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 50.0% Approve 42.0%
09/06/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 56.0% Approve 42.0%
09/05/11 Zogby permalink Disapprove 61.0% Approve 39.0%
09/05/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 55.0% Approve 43.0%
09/04/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 50.0% Approve 43.0%
09/04/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 55.0% Approve 44.0%
09/03/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 50.0% Approve 42.0%
09/03/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 55.0% Approve 44.0%
09/02/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 54.0% Approve 45.0%
09/02/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 51.0% Approve 42.0%
09/01/11 Politico/GWU permalink Approve 50.0% Disapprove 45.0%
09/01/11 ABC/WaPo permalink Disapprove 53.0% Approve 43.0%
09/01/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 50.0% Approve 42.0%
09/01/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 55.0% Approve 44.0%
08/31/11 NBC/WSJ permalink Disapprove 51.0% Approve 44.0%
08/31/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 50.0% Approve 42.0%
08/31/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 56.0% Approve 43.0%
08/30/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 54.0% Approve 39.0%
08/30/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 57.0% Approve 42.0%
08/29/11 Gallup permalink Disapprove 55.0% Approve 38.0%
08/29/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 56.0% Approve 43.0%
08/28/11 Rasmussen permalink Disapprove 55.0% Approve 45.0%

I didn't place a lot of weight on that 8/29 or 8/30 Gallup when it came out, because it seemed pretty anomalous among all the others running in the 42-44% range around those dates. Which is still pretty much where he is overall. He's been steady in the low 40's over the past few months.

That is a somewhat appreciable decline from late spring, though, when he was still running in the higher 40's to breaking 50's. (see graph)

http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contests/us-approval-obama

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Here, let me help.

:bounce: