For the first time since he took office, a major polling service has Barack Obama’s approval rating below 50%. According to Rasmussen Reports, 49% of Americans approve of Barack Obama’s job performance so far. 51% disapprove. This is a shocking drop, from the 65-70% approval ratings that Obama had early in his presidency.
Barack Obama: Less Popular Than First-term Bush
Rasmussen generally has trended lower than most other services, but all the polls have Obama’s approval at their lowest levels ever. Gallup is at 55%, Fox News at 54%, AP at 54%.
49 to 55% approval is not that bad, you might say?
If one examines the numbers, Obama is currently one of the most unpopular Presidents in modern American history for a President just six months in office. As we reported here, generally Presidents are very popular in at least their first year.
It’s not until some time has passed before the public starts to be critical of the President. Obama has worn out his welcome a lot faster than most other Presidents. Of the President’s since World War II, only Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton had lower approval ratings at this point.
Conservatives can really take to heart that Obama’s liberal policies are way more unpopular than Obama himself. Only 25% believe the stimulus package is working. Only 45% want his health care plan. Once people start associating Obama with his liberal policies, his ratings should drop even more.
Can the President recover? Of course, he can. But right now, just six months after the GOP was declared dead, it looks like conservatives have a lot of reason to be optimistic.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Well there are countless reasons why obama is failing so rapidly. The biggest reason is the failure of the stimulus and that he’s making the cheap excuses about the economy. Also another contributing factor is how unpopular his healthcare film. It’s like that thing that your really looking forward and when you get there it’s pretty bad. The same with obama people where so happy with him with him constantly saying “it’s time for change”. So when he was elected they were so positive and now they realized he is not the messiah.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Obama the worst president in American history? Time will tell. But at least he’s finally a wearing an American flag on his chest, to prove, you know, that he wasn’t born in Kenya.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I’m wondering if this particular poll was taken before or after the Gates incident. I think he offended many people by speaking out of turn. His true colors are showing.
As it becomes apparent that the stimulus is an abysmal failure, people are trusting his new proposals less and less. Why should anybody trust or believe him any more. His plans to spend his way out of this recession are killing us and defy all logic. History is against him.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I work with an Obama fan. His hate for Bush has made him blind. He like all liberals is blaming Bush for everything. He says we have to give Obama 4 years to fix the damage done by Bush. And I tell him it may take 40 years to repair the screwing Obama is giving the country.
I think Jesse Jackson said it best at the 2004 Democrat convention, ‘Stay out da bushes.’
I think it is like a marriage of convinence. At some point you can’t stand each other. People are waking up from the Obama-coma.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Hopefully it makes it to zero. Then there would be zero fools in this country.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Sigh…..typical republicans. Putting politics over the well-being of the nation.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
The well-being of the nation would be for obama to have an approximate 0% approval rating, give or take, so that he can get tossed out on his ass in 4 years or impeached in two. It took the failure of Jimmy Carter to bring good conservative governance to the country, and so too will the failure Obama usher in a new era of responsibility in 3.5 years. Meanwhile, let’s root root root for Obama to continue failing miserably. It’s fun!
October 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Interesting debate…So my only point at this time would be to state that the Nobel Peace Prize is meaningless since it’s not very nobel to abort babies and give it a title like a woman’s right to choose. (cowardace) Anyway you look at it, Obama is self-serving, and not deserving, of this honor if it was worth anything anymore. Enjoy this all who thinks Obama is great and abortion isn’t murder, have a nice day…