President Obama’s poll numbers continued plummeting today with two pollsters independently confirming the precipitous drop in support the president has seen over the past few months. The Zogby and Rasmussen presidential tracking polls reveal that part of the decline has occurred among Democrats and liberals. In the Zogby poll, Obama’s support declined more than 13 percent among Democrats, which contributed to a 6 point slide from Zogby’s last poll in mid-July. Zogby had the president’s overall approval at only 42 percent.
Rasmussen polling has even worse news for the president’s advisers as the new numbers show only 30 percent of the country strongly approving of the job Obama is doing and 41 percent strongly disapproving, giving him a net negative rating of 11 points among those who feel most strongly about the issue.
At this point in their presidencies Obama and George W. Bush are about equal at 51 percent according to Real Clear Politics. However, Real Clear Politics uses an average that does not include the dismal numbers from Zogby. Regardless of the specific numbers, most polling firms are showing a consistent erosion of Obama’s position.
Driving the decline is troubling news for the embattled president. Republican support already reached a low point long ago, but as Zogby notes, Democrats have began to turn on the President who they see as caving to Republican demands on health care. Obama’s poll numbers were previously buoyed by support from Democrats and liberals. However, if the new polls are accurate, and Democrats continue to abandon him, his polls might start to freefall. If that happens, the task of recovering his former popularity will be a monumental task.
What’s a president to do?
The Obama administration has decided that focusing attention on Bush era CIA investigations is a winning strategy. This decision is quite stunning as Obama lost the last time he went head to head with former Bush administration officials, including Dick Cheney. Obama’s route back to popularity is already pockmarked with health care reform, cap and trade, and troubling economic numbers. He doesn’t need to fight another uphill battle. In the D.C. Writeup’s view it would be much more beneficial if he focused on getting health care reform back on track. We’ll be watching his next move carefully.
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September 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
No surprise. I’m a black, 27 year old, Independent (that leans dem) and I do not approve of his actions either. He is losing the support of democrats because this is NOT what we voted for.
He is turning into some noodle-spine having typical politician that bends to the will of old white people because he’s afraid to be seen as “socialist, reverse-racist, grandma killer,” and all the pother psycho allegations thrown his way by the crazies.
I did not vote for a coward, I voted for change. And if there is not a public option in this bill it will show that he didnt mean anything he said during his campaign and the democrats can just forget about it for the next 40 years.
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September 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
@Josh N., YOU VERY ALERT AND IS VERY INPORTANT TO BE ALERT,AND YOU ARE. GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS.
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September 1st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
LOL right wing crazies
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September 1st, 2009 at 2:39 pm
what is this a popularity contest? how can we take this serious with your shitty site? Look at all these awful banners promoting fake products. BOOOOO!
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September 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Had Obama studied Lenin’s work ‘The state and the revolution’ he would know how to establish a communist dictatorship. Onviously he did not study the history of Russian revolution of 1917 well enough.
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September 1st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, BUT you can NOT fool all the people all the time!
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September 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I love to see the drop in support for Obama… but as you note, some of it is democrats upset he is not liberal enough! Oh well, if he can be marginalized for the next three years, that will have to do.
NOBAMA!
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September 1st, 2009 at 10:24 pm
As Reagan and Bush taught everyone: High poll numbers are a waste; high poll numbers are just a sign you are not pushing your policies hard enough.
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September 1st, 2009 at 10:40 pm
So for Obama to be more popular, he needs to keep bash Bush? Great, while that may silent the liberal masses, what does that do to our country? What about the issues that need to be addressed? Simply beating a dead horse does nothing constructive.
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September 4th, 2009 at 11:16 am
My my..didn’t take long for the race card to be played. Even though some blacks are regretting their vote they still claim it’s because of the “Old Whites”..pathetic just pathetic. Funny how stupidity comes in all colors now isn’t it.
Keep playing that race card like a good Obot because Obama is counting on division among citizens to accomplish control.
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September 6th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Who would have known pressing wildly unpopular policies on the public is politically damaging?
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