{"id":1666,"date":"2009-03-13T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2009-03-13T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T18:30:43","slug":"wsj-obamas-poll-numbers-are-falling-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/13\/wsj-obamas-poll-numbers-are-falling-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: Obama’s Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you haven’t read it go read the Op Ed by Doug Schoen and Scott Rasmussen in today’s Wall Street Journal. Schoen and Rasmussen examine Pres. Barack Obama’s poll numbers<\/a> and the narrowing gap between the approval\/disapproval numbers:<\/p>\n

It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true. The American people are coming to express increasingly significant doubts about his initiatives, and most likely support a different agenda and different policies from those that the Obama administration has advanced.<\/p>\n

Polling data show that Mr. Obama’s approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001. Rasmussen Reports data shows that Mr. Obama’s net presidential approval rating — which is calculated by subtracting the number who strongly disapprove from the number who strongly approve — is just six, his lowest rating to date.<\/p>\n

Overall, Rasmussen Reports shows a 56%-43% approval, with a third strongly disapproving of the president’s performance. This is a substantial degree of polarization so early in the administration. Mr. Obama has lost virtually all of his Republican support and a good part of his Independent support, and the trend is decidedly negative.<\/p>\n

A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most likely has to do with doubts about the administration’s policies and their impact on peoples’ lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Schoen’s and Rasmussen’s findings are similar what I’m hearing on the street… Most everyone wants to give Pres. Obama the benefit of the doubt but some of them are quietly starting to wonder if he’s the right man for the job.<\/p>\n

Gerald Seib has a companion piece in today’s Capitol Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you haven’t read it go read the Op Ed by Doug Schoen and Scott Rasmussen in today’s Wall Street Journal. Schoen and Rasmussen examine Pres. Barack Obama’s poll numbers and the narrowing gap between the approval\/disapproval numbers: It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama’s high levels of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-barack-obama","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-qS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2540,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/this-and-that-dodd-trails-obama-falls-boxer-struggles-perry-ready-for-showdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":1666,"position":0},"title":"This and That: Dodd Trails, Obama Falls, Boxer Struggles, Perry Ready for Showdown","author":"Jeff","date":"July 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Saturday, the weather is gorgeous and I have a date with a grill and some steaks so rather than spend my afternoon in front of the computer I thought put together a political blotter of sorts. 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