Gallup: After Edging Up, Obama Back Down

It's a statistically insignificant fall from 56% to 54%, but it was also statistically insignificant when he went up to 56% from 55%, and yet liberals crowed that he had stopped the bleeding and was on the mend.

So I'll point out -- No, just noise and fluctuations around his new, lower approval rating around 53%. (Of adults, note.)

On the other hand, his disapproval rating seems to do little but rise. A bit of noise here and there, bumps up and down, but the clear trajectory is upwards. His disapproval on Gallup (of adults, again) has gone from around 12% (twelve!) to 40%, and, while the next 10% will be harder than the previous 28%, he's on a pathway to get there.

And sure, I know it's all AstroTurf Nazis and all, but clearly the passion is on the opposing side.

Thanks to AHFF Geoff.

Cf. Gallup's Previous Analysis: A blip turns into a trend:

There has been a substantial amount of focus on Obama's job approval slide over the last week. The current data suggest that, at least for the moment, that slide has been arrested.

posted by Ace at 01:11 PM

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