In what the White House may consider the latest salvo in a so-called news "war," Fox News reported Friday that President Obama's approval rating has slipped below 50 percent:
Obama's job approval rating comes in at 49 percent this week. That's down just one percentage point from late September, but it marks a new low approval for the president — and the first time the Fox News poll has measured his approval below 50 percent.
That’s 49 percent approval, and 45 percent disapproval. Check out the Polling Report chart: Fox found 50 percent approval and 42 at the end of September – and a 54 to 39 approval-disapproval gap in mid-September. The Fox dispatch began with this statistic:
In what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters say that they would vote to re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today, down from 52 percent six months ago, from April 22-23, 2009.
CBS is at the other end of the polling spectrum: in a poll concluded October 8, they found a large 56 percent approve/ 34 percent disapprove gap. That’s largely unchanged (56/33) from the CBS/New York Times poll that ended September 23. (It should be noted that Fox News is polling registered voters, a more rigorous measure than CBS, which just polls adults.)
Fox also found that a large majority thinks President Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize:
Upon winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama said, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many transformational figures." Most Americans agree with the president — 65 percent say he did not deserve to win, while 29 percent say he did.
Furthermore, a slim 54 percent majority of Democrats think Obama did deserve to win, while 38 percent disagree. For independents, 19 percent think he deserved it, while nearly three-quarters, 74 percent, say he did not. Among Republicans, almost all — 91 percent — say he did not deserve it.
When asked why the Nobel Committee gave the president the prize, about a third of Americans, 32 percent, say because he deserved it, while the largest number — 44 percent — think the committee hoped the prize would make Obama "think twice before using military force in the future."
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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"29 Percent Said He Deserved
October 18, 2009 - 14:00 ET by notonmywatch"29 Percent Said He Deserved Nobel Prize"
A mixture of the highly charitable and the highly deluded.
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→ 29%
October 18, 2009 - 14:03 ET by Cool ArrowThat's about the percentage in the "something for nothing" crowd.
Yeah I'm not sure they're
October 18, 2009 - 14:13 ET by notonmywatchYeah I'm not sure they're that big. That's why I assumed there must be some older highly charitable people in that mix.
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curious
October 18, 2009 - 14:04 ET by katainkentof that 29% how many actually knew what the Nobel Peace Prize is.
Yeah, I'm not sure that 29%
October 18, 2009 - 14:07 ET by gmaniac1Yeah, I'm not sure that 29% know the difference between the Nobel and the Liberty Bell, considering most are products of the government school system.
Er, it wasn't guys from our
October 18, 2009 - 23:19 ET by RR GOPEr, it wasn't guys from our "government school" system that awarded the prize to the man, but men that I'm pretty sure went to elite private schools.
Too bad it wasn't a French committee that awarded it, eh?
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
I know but 29% of the
October 19, 2009 - 11:50 ET by gmaniac1I know but 29% of the people who think he deserved went to government schools, most likely. But then again, so did I and I survived the indoctrination, lol.
With Sarkozy as president, the French seem to be getting a little more realistic and less emotional now days. It's rare that they have a more manly president than we do.
I just want one simple poll.
October 18, 2009 - 14:16 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonIs Barack Obama a leader?
or
Is barry soetoro a loser?
http://gjresult.com
Less than 50%
October 18, 2009 - 14:16 ET by Kat Outta the BagI guess we're learning what the half life of Kool-Aid is...
odd numbers
October 18, 2009 - 14:34 ET by jon_torlinThat's funny, I would have thought it'd be a lot less than 43% who would re-elect Soetoro. That's 43% who are still holding out for hope.(and not doing anything but waiting for someone else to do things, handout-style, don'tcha know?)
I really hope that's not really indicative of the entire population of the US since these are polling numbers of a few people.
-Jon
vote?
October 18, 2009 - 15:45 ET by Patriot III vote for obama for a loooong term in prison for fraud against the American people, this failure to produce a birth certificate is a farce!!! And those that covered for him/and are covering for him even now as well!! The AP report I read said Alan Keyes accused him of being an alien in his senator bid, oblahma said "so what, I'm not running for president!"......how much more do you need? that and Grandma saying she was at his birth in Africa!!!!
In what may be the ultimate
October 18, 2009 - 16:36 ET by MidAmericaIn what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters say that they would vote to re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today, down from 52 percent six months ago, from April 22-23, 2009.
Just think what that number would look like if there was a credible and respected challenger. Obama is a political disaster bigger than Carter in less than one year. Plus, this is without getting any of his unpopular initiatives passed. Try passing anything that raises the cost of living and obama will be more despised than what the left imagined George Bush was.
things are speeding up
October 18, 2009 - 18:04 ET by jon_torlinWhy do you think the Omen-istration is trying to get the stuff passed in the next couple of weeks despite the rising unpopularity?
If I had to guess, they are trying to do as much damage as they can before they get kicked out, thrown out, forced out, etc. Kinda like "if I can't have it, no one will!" except in this case, he'll severely damage freedom and prosperity before bailing out and going back to his home country of Kenya....I mean Chicago.
-Jon
He
October 19, 2009 - 08:29 ET by jessieHHe probably gave the money to Acorn. He can keep the booby prize. The nobel is a big joke anymore.