Today’s Rasmussen poll shows that an Obama approval rating of 0. Zero. Read about it below and see the graph.
Obama Approval Rating 0
The Rasmussen poll is a daily Presidential Tracking Poll that, well, tracks the President’s approval rating. It measures all sorts of factors and data every day to come up with a measurable index of how Americans feel about how the government is functioning on any given day. Rasmussen is considered one of the most accurate polls among the many that do this.
The Rasmussen presentational poll index for June 5, 2009 measures the Obama approval rating at 0. That’s Zero with a Z.
Oddly, this isn’t all over the news in the main stream media. But then that’s why we have blogs. People might not hear us over the airwaves in the background every day, but we do get news out that the main stream media won’t report.
It seems that as part of Rasmussen’s report, 34% strongly disapprove of the President’s performance. Another 34% strongly approve of his performance. You touch the number 2 pencil to the tip of your tongue and do some figuring. Subtract 34 from 34 and it comes out to zero. Okay, its a little more complicated than that. You can get the finer details at the Rasmussen website.
Other notable polling data of interest … only 26% of Americans approve of the GM bailout and about the same number support a boycott of GM products. Only 21% of Americans think that there’s a chance for peace in the Middle East. 66% see Israel as an American ally and very few see the Arab countries of the region as allies of the United States. Only 28% of Americans expect that Obama will succeed in improving relations with the muslim world.
So, to wrap this up, today’s Rasmussen poll shows that Barack Obama’s approval rating is 0. As in ZERO. That pretty much summarizes the whole thing. Zero.
June 5th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
you are actually thinking of zero with the western philosophy of nothingness
obama views zero from the eastern philosophy perspective …
he is the alpha and the omega, the east the west the north the south he is the messiah …
the sum of everything
June 5th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Your failure to grasp statistics are breath-taking. You should really leave the Rasmussen analysis to Rasmussen and not try your own spin. The media is not covering this b/c it is a non-event. No one cares about the spread between strongly approve/disapprove. It all comes down to approve/disapprove to which even Rasmussen has him at a very comfortable margin.
For some reason, Rasmussen has been polling Obama approval about 10% lower than most agencies, like Gallup. Most agencies are in-line with these Gallup numbers:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
…and Rasmussen is the outlier.
Lastly, if Obama is at zero, you realize that Bush was negative by a 20 pts, right? Who cares. It call comes down to approval/disapproval.
With the continue climb of the markets, Chrysler emerging from bankruptcy, a job market on target to stop the bleeding late this year, and many other successes perceived by Independents, his already very good numbers are soon to be on the rise.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Hardly.
Mosy polls that go into the other aspects of our economy, government, national security, general sentiments are not in Obamas favor. While most polls that reflect on the man himself are high they differ drastically from how the people feel on all other issues.
Obama himself is very popular but overall his policies and they way people feel are not a big hit.
Most of the country does not like the direction the country is headed in, most of the country would replace the present “worst congress in history” with a republican one. Most people dont like all the spending, additional government in their lives. Most people felt safer under GW Bush.
They should, for the first time since 911 Americans are being murdered on our soil by radical Muslims
June 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
bah… caught in the moderators web. I don’t feel like typing it up again.
June 5th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I love it! One poster says, “Most of the country does not like the direction the country is headed in, most of the country would replace the present “worst congress in history” with a republican on.”
Hmmm. Today, it was announced that the number of jobs lost this month is the lowest since Obama took office. Nearly every major economist agrees that the recession Obama inherited will end in 2009, which was considered absolutely impossible six months ago. And “most of the country” would replace this Congress with a Republican Congress? Really? REALLY? Take a look at what “most of the country” had to say about that in November. You’re really trying to say that if we held an election tomorrow, Republicans would regain control of Congress? That’s absurd.
Who knows how the Obama presidency will end up. But as for Rasmussen, you need to keep in mind that a “0″ score usually indicates an approval rating of roughly 50%. In this case, it’s actually higher than that (Rasmussen puts it at 54%, while Gallup et al., considered more reliable by a vast majority of statisticians and pollsters, put it in the low 60s). Take a statistics course.
For the record, even Rush Limbaugh says he doesn’t think the Rasmussen methods are accurate. I’m just sayin’. …
June 6th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Hogwash. Strongly approve and strongly disapprove are a reflection of the extremes. Even so, to say that an equal number of 34% in each camp equals a Zero approval rating is absurd.
Dream on……….
June 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am
@ Dude.
Dude, its simple math.
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“Hmmm. Today, it was announced that the number of jobs lost this month is the lowest since Obama took office. ”
So what ? BFD. That proves absolutley nothing to refute my point, So… we got a few more jobs, and that statistic is what makes you believe people have changed their minds about the direction the country is going in ? And you call me ABSURD???
Unemployment is higher than it was 25 years ago. Please.
In addition, I never speak out my butt. This here is a mish mash of numbers from my previous posts on this topic
Most Americans would do away with the democratic congress we have,
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/congress_comes_in_dead_last_in_voter_trust
Conservatives lead in the generic congressional ballots for the first time in a decade.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_America/congressional_ballot/generic_congressional_ballot
Voters put democrats, GOP in a dead heat over the economy.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_America/trust_on_issues/trust_on_issues
” You’re really trying to say that if we held an election tomorrow, Republicans would regain control of Congress? That’s absurd.”
No, I’m not tryting to say that. I’m reflecting what the polls say since thats what the topic of this post is refering to.
The people are not happy with the congress we have while at the same time trust republicans just as much when it comes to financial and economic matters.
If anything its dropped.According to Rasmussen hes suffered a 7% drop going from 41% in March to 34% in May.
In the last 3 months Gallup has also reflected a drop in his popularity (according to job performance)
“February 24, 2009
Obama Job Approval Dips Below 60% for First Time
Fifty-nine percent now approve as more express no opinion on his performance
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ — For the first time since Gallup began tracking Barack Obama’s presidential job approval rating on Jan. 21, fewer than 60% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president. In Feb. 21-23 polling, 59% of Americans give Obama a positive review, while 25% say they disapprove, and 16% have no opinion.”
What you liberals say the dems are doing that has given you successs are actually failed policies of the past with a fresh coat of paint on them that are destined to fail as they always have. They look good up front and help for a while but in the long run cost more than they are worth or produce. Obama will fail in his term much the way Carter did. Much like Carter his numbers are falling along the same trends as people are beginning to get hip to what hes doing and the direction hes taking the country. The trend is that more are becoming less approving, Obamas approval was around 40% at 1/20/09 and has sank to between 34 to 39% today. Those not approving has risen, 19% at 1/20/09 to 39% today
Conservatives and the GOP have had excellent policies allowing individual rights, free trade and commerce to flow without the government being involved in every aspect of ones life, thats why it worked for so long. The examples of this philosophy were good enough for republicans to win the majority of presidential elections in this country since the two parties existed.
The trend is following true,
Period
June 7th, 2009 at 9:58 am
I’m just curious… Gallup always posts their approval numbers with comparisons to past approval numbers to give people an idea of context… could you do that with Rasmussen’s numbers please? Because of course, I’m having a hard time believing anything Rasmussen says anyway, they’re so full of sh!t, I think it would be useful, thanks. Have a nice day.
June 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Sorry but… as a fellow conservative, I am appalled at these blatant distortions. We’re supposed to be exposing the truth, not destroying it! Obama’s rating in at least slightly approve is at a healthy 53%. Even though I am not even part of that percentage, this kind of blatant lie only makes the conservative movement look desperate and stupid. Report the truth or don’t report at all!
June 7th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
JDT, Lisa.
I dont see what yourt b*tching about. Its pretty simple math and no big secret that Obamas job approval and popularity has been tanking since day one