Obama has a 67% favorable rating--but it's only 42% in the South (86%in Northeast)

[WI_DEM]

And keep these fav/unfav/no opinion numbers in mind:

NORTHEAST 86 11 3
SOUTH 42 50 8
MIDWEST 73 23 4
WEST 75 20 5

Meanwhile, Obama's slight drop from peak (now at 67/28) is made up of favorables that break out this way: 89/9 D, 73/23 I, 23/68 R. This Obama net favorability (fav minus unfav) by party shows that it's unhappy R's that drive the numbers down. Watch those independents.

www.dailykos.com
(you'll have to scroll down a bit)

[DCKit]

1. The midwest numbers are a pleasant surprise. n/t

[nomorenomore08]

2. That 89% "D" support is especially striking.

I don't think Bush ever had such high approval ratings from his own party, other than right after 9/11 when his overall rating was 80-90% (:puke:) anyway.

[NJmaverick]

3. I suspect that number is around 30% here at DU

[Deep13]

4. With numbers like that, one would have expected a crushing election victory last November.

Oh wait, Obama totally did have a crushing election victory. By and large the country totally rejected the Republican point of view and chose to give hope and change a chance. Apparently, most of us still feel that way.

[madrchsod]

5. 42% in the south is pretty dam good.....

[WI_DEM]

7. It's not bad, but without the South, Obama would have a 75-80% favorable rating.

[onehandle]

6. That's because he's Black.

Oops, did I say that?

Welcome to Georgia. I know of what I speak.

[Kalyke]

8. No - it's because we only have right-wing media down here.

There are more black people per capita in the South than in any other region of the United States. Ergo, his numbers would be a bit higher as a result IF the white folks - and folks of any other color - had an inkling about what it's like to be a real Democrat, rather than the democrats they hear about from RusHanniSavaBoortz.

[pacalo]

9. I live in the South & I wasn't polled. I'd say he's doing a damn good job.

[Kalyke]

10. Me, too.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Wow, midwest is 72+ That's good, isn't it? n/t

[indepat]

12. I'd get out of this effing place below the Mason-Dixon line if these old bones weren't so

defective, arthritic, and creaky. :P

[laureloak]

13. 61% here in North Carolina. n/t