How did THIS happen? Gallup has Obama's approval at 54% today!

[jenmito]

And his disapproval down to 42%: http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx What up with that? I'll take it, though!

[HockeyMom]

1. They don't trust or believe Romney.

"Rich Man" doesn't care about THEM. I've heard this from so many Independents I know.

[jenmito]

3. But this doesn't include any polling after the debate. I hope they're not

setting him up for a fall in the coming days.

[woolldog]

4. Gallup wouldn't do that.

The debate performance will hurt him, but maybe not as bad as we thought. And this gives him a bit of a cushion.

[jenmito]

6. I hope you're right. n/t

[Inuca]

11. Here is the answer to your own

question in the OP . Hopefully the numbers will not be too different in the coming days.

[jenmito]

13. Hopefully,

you're right.

[truthN08]

2. I'll

take it too!!

[flamingdem]

5. Alrighty then!

Obama called it correctly and reached the undecideds after all! screw the punditos

[jenmito]

8. Well...

this poll didn't take the debate into account yet. Tomorrow's Gallup poll will include one day of debate night.

[Phoonzang]

7. Polls won't show debate fallout for a couple of days. nt

[jenmito]

9. I know.

That's what I'm worried about.

[progressivebydesign]

17. oh folks.. calm yourself. seriously. n/t

[longship]

10. Nobody disses Big Bird and gets away with it!

[Hutzpa]

12. Because this is the real polling numbers

that I think the campaign is looking at.

[graywarrior]

14. Doesn't it take a few days to reflect in the polls?

[jenmito]

15. Yes. I'm wondering what happened to make his numbers jump so much when

nothing happened. I know it's not the debate, and I hope his numbers won't go down very much once the debate day gets into the poll starting tomorrow.

[progressivebydesign]

16. because like everyone I know, Romney came off as a sweat sociopathic asshole. that's how.

The President looked... PRESIDENTIAL. No one fucking trusts Mitt with the red button... No one.

So many people told me that they imagined Romney acting like that to foreign leaders when we needed to negotiate peace, or work for the safety of America. Mitt is a Narcissist.. plain and simple, and people SAW that.

[jenmito]

20. This poll didn't include last night's debate. The latest they polled was in the DAY yesterday.

The debate will be reflected in tomorrow's poll and for the days following it to see the full effect. But I've heard lots of people say Romney came off as a bully.

[Quantess]

18. Because Mitt Romney is a f***ing asshole

and more and more people are realizing it.

[elleng]

19. What's up with that is we like him, we respect him, we trust him, and we BELIEVE him!