Obama Approval

[arely staircase]

Do you approve or disapprove of how President Obama is doing his job as president?

28 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Approve
	23 (82%)
	Disapprove
	5 (18%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Logical]

1. Other: Better than the other guy, but a definite disappointment. n-t

[demmiblue]

2. Pass n/t

[TheMathieu]

3. Highly approve.

As a young man, he made me feel less cynical about the country and government in general.

He brought me to the Democratic Party.

[babylonsister]

5. TheMathieu,

welcome to DU!

[TheMathieu]

6. Thank you!

[okaawhatever]

15. Welcome to DU. good to hear a young person politically active. nt

[sheshe2]

25. Welcome to DU, TheMathieu!

[1000words]

4. President Obama has done a fine job as a CEO-type figure.

Alas, we need a bold leader.

[MH1]

7. Not in all areas, but overall approve more than disapprove. nt.

[arely staircase]

8. me too. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. As a 3rd Way, neo-lib, establishment politician..he could be worse.

[arely staircase]

11. who insults women

by making insurance companies offer birth control.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. As I said...he could be worse.

[arely staircase]

17. and I will admit he could be better

but I think he is good.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. I believe that you need to be a little more specific as to the areas

that some would approve or disapprove of the POTUS.

[el_bryanto]

12. You should have more options

Tracking how much people approve. I can't really vote in this one.

Bryant

[arely staircase]

13. same language as most major polling firms. nt

[frwrfpos]

16. correct me if im wrong but i posted in a very recent thread by you that was hidden by jury

is this another post to divide?

[arely staircase]

18. it is a survey nt

[bahrbearian]

44. Its Fly-Paper

[arely staircase]

45. tomato tomahto nt

[a kennedy]

19. He's just the best for me.....

his wife.... his girls..... Yup, I'm a sucker for the first family....

[arely staircase]

37. good. nt

[quinnox]

20. Disapprove

And have for a very long time.

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. Yeah....we know...

[arely staircase]

48. shocking nt

[rug]

21. It's not binary. Issues trump personality.

[arely staircase]

22. understood

but like any presidential job approval poll, do you give a thumbs up or down? Everyting in between is what we do on DU every day.

[rug]

23. Up by a hangnail.

[arely staircase]

24. gotcha

no prob.

[Oakenshield]

27. Ultimately, whatever I might say about the issues....

I still voted for him.

[arely staircase]

29. but would you again? nt

[Oakenshield]

33. When the President leaves office, ask me that question again.

I need to see what else he does with what's left of his term. He could do a great deal, since he no longer needs to spare a thought towards re-election.

[arely staircase]

36. fair enough nt

[tridim]

28. LOL at the low voter turnout for "Disapprove"

Neo-DU DERP.

[Demo_Chris]

30. Disapprove. nt

[jazzimov]

31. APPROVE!

I'm sorry if he hasn't been the Dictator you wanted.

[arely staircase]

35. + 1 nt

[XemaSab]

32. meh

I disapprove of him on some issues, and he gets tepid approval on a few other issues.

[flamingdem]

34. I approve of this poll!

Let's hope DU stays on this positive trend. Maybe people are cottoning to the fact that POTUS is on our side and is quite effective, especially considering the rock he's been forced to push uphill.

[NuclearDem]

38. Approve/disapprove is a terrible system to use.

These polls really need to be broken down by issues. Sure, I approve of not defending DOMA and relaxing federal drug sentencing guidelines, but not TPP, the NSA, or the drone program.

They're all important in their own right, and because of that, I can't categorically approve or disapprove of the president.

[arely staircase]

39. but standard

The wording is identical to that used by actual pollsters. For better or worse. And here you can leave a comment which you did.

[NuclearDem]

41. I think the mainstream polling is arbitrary as well.

But yes, it does help to be able to actually comment rather than just a "yes/no" answer.

[madokie]

40. 65 damn near 66 YO and the best votes I cast were to this President

I'm more proud of those three votes as all the others I've cast put together.

[NM_Birder]

42. meh.......

economy.......better than where it was headed.......but 7% unemployment isn't truthful
wars ..... yep we still got em...and he is still saying he will close GITMO
spying on Americans..............shifted that into overdrive
social spending...........again better than where it was headed ..... but flat
healthcare reform... health insurance package passed that helped a bunch, hurt a bunch so meh
"Federal Contracted" work minimum pay to $10.10 that's slippery.......not as it seems
most transparent administration......no better than any other

So my option would be ......Yeah..he's slightly better than the one before, but 5 years into this, there is nothing that can be called a clear sign that Obama is anything but just "the next guy".

[NM_Birder]

43. Forgot..........

My 401 has never been more robust..........

[whatchamacallit]

46. Don't disapprove of all of it, but a lot of it

Poll is lame.

[uponit7771]

47. DU Disapproval of Obama close to GOP base numbers... hmmmmmmmmmmmm