Obama Approval Ratings Jump

[babylonsister]

http://liberalsarecool.com/post/19413563613/obama-approval-ratings-jump

Obama Approval Ratings Jump

“The latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll finds President Obama’s approval rating rose to 51%, up from only 44% in each of the previous polls taken in October and December…

That’s Obama’s highest approval rating in the Heartland Monitor since the survey taken immediately after the killing of Osama bin Laden in May. Other than that, the new survey marks the first time that Obama’s approval rating in the poll has crossed the critical 50 percent threshold since September 2009…

But the most revealing measure of electoral strength for an incumbent is his overall approval rating, and on that front the survey, conducted from March 3 to 6, showed Obama recording clear progress. Compared with the December survey, the new poll found his approval rating rising by 11 percentage points among independents; 8 among nonwhites; 6 among all whites; 7 among both college-educated white men and women; and 9 among the so-called waitress moms—white women without a college degree. Only among noncollege-educated white men did Obama remain stuck in neutral with virtually no gain from December.”

Pew Research: 50% Approve, 41% Disapprove
Reuters Ipsos: 50% Approve, 48% Disapprove

[monmouth]

1. The President's numbers jump every time Mittens or Ricky open their mouths...n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. But the M$M can't be bothered. They're still fixated on that WP/ABC poll. Diane Rehm was.....

still talking about it on her show this morning as if it's the only poll out there.

[progressoid]

3. heh.

See your previous post:

Taking polls with a grain of salt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125122266

[Son of Gob]

6. Aww

Bad news, huh?

[progressoid]

11. No,

not bad news. Just an ironic OP.

[Son of Gob]

12. Not really

considering she supplied numbers from 3 separate polls and the post you link to is about an outlier of a single poll that wasn't supported by any other polls.

[progressoid]

14. I think you missed the point of the other post.

here:

I'd just add one more relevant detail: it's mid-March. I'd be lying if I said I ignored the polls at this stage, but the election is 237 days away. At various stages, the various candidates will go up and down in the coming months, trading leads and seeing peaks and valleys in their levels of support. There's just no reason for one poll to be taken too seriously, no matter what it says.

[mahina]

4. How this man isn't at 75-80 escapes me.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

5. "How this man isn't at 75-80 escapes me."

Me too?

[JBoy]

7. Most places outside the US he's at that level.

Go figure.

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. We'd be better off if THOSE people -the ones that actually follow real news -could influence

our polls and elections: Obama would win in a landslide so huge, even coastal California towns would be impressed!

[jenmito]

9. K&R. I look forward to the media talking endlessly about this poll.

[babylonsister]

10. Ha! No kidding! :) nt

[jillan]

13. What? I've been hearing on my teevee how bad his poll numbers are because of the gas prices.