Category Archives: Gallup Poll

Poll: Waning Support for Obama on Wars

Posted on August 3rd, 2010

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama’s management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a [...]

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Gallup: Dems at a new low

Posted on April 9th, 2010

By: Alexander Burns The Democratic Party’s favorability rating has dropped to the “lowest point in the 18-year history” of Gallup testing that number, the pollster reports. Just 41 percent of voters have a favorable impression of the Democratic Party, compared with 42 percent who have a positive view of the GOP. Democrats held an 11-point [...]

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Obama Has Overpromised and Underdelivered

Posted on April 8th, 2010

But the GOP will still have to make the case for itself this fall…. By KARL ROVE We have heard for months that the Democrats’ election prospects would brighten once they pivot from health care to the economy. But that seems increasingly unlikely. The reason is simple: President Barack Obama overpromised on his stimulus package [...]

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Can Republicans Retake the Senate in 2010?

Posted on December 10th, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870 4240504574585921173928460.html By KARL ROVE Democrats began the year as masters of the political universe, winning the White House and increasing their majorities in Congress. But the year is ending badly for them. Their top initiative, health care, is deeply unpopular. Congress’s approval rating is 26%, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s is 28%, and Senate Majority Leader [...]

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6 Year Olds With Crayons

Posted on December 8th, 2009

Baghdad Bob Gibbs is advising us not to pay attention to silly old things like the Gallup Poll organization…….especially when their polls show your guy heading toward the desert floor at 600 knots with flames coming out of the cockpit. I get the distinct impression that this bunch of pretenders is through……Still dangerous because of [...]

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After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%

Posted on December 7th, 2009

December 7, 2009 New low follows slight increase after announcement of Afghanistan policy by Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ – Barack Obama’s presidential job approval rating is 47% in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, a new low for his administration to date. His approval rating has been below 50% for much of the [...]

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The most important number in politics today

Posted on November 6th, 2009

Very interesting article by the WaPo’s Chris Cillizza. According to the Gallup poll numbers he references, the only two electable potential candidates in the Republican Party at the moment are Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. I was familiar with Newt Gingrich’s big negatives, which is one of the reasons I can’t get excited about him [...]

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