President Obama in Gallup daily tracking poll upswing on eve of Oval office address

http://www.gallup.com/Home.aspx

My own wording.

49%. He was at 48-44% net disapproval just days ago!

He's up 5 points in 2 days. 49-44% isn't great but it's not bad at all. I was hoping he'd be at numbers like these headed into tonight's addresss. He should be at well over 50% after tonight and if his words are followed by immediate strong action with demonstrable results on the ground, he should bounce back nicely from this.

Media fail again. Also, his strong performance in the Gulf yesterday is being noticed and appreciated by the public clearly along with other steps to improve the situation.

His shakedown of BP at the White House itself tommorrow should also help him out.

With Republicans all siding against and the progressives/liberals understandably disappointed these numbers are great for this President during this crappy times (made seemingly crappier by a relentless corporate media).

considering the extremists on both sides trying to tear him down.

Obama's a approval rating on Gallup has been in the 45-50 range for quite some time. It will fluctuate due to the nature of polling. In a range that small, it doesn't necessarily mean people's views are changing.

It's probably best to say his approval rating is somewhere between 45-50 right now.

With the BP disaster still ongoing, I'm surprised that his numbers aren't worse.

For months really.

I think that little substantive change comes out of these trips. I'm glad that they make some people feel better, but I don't see how it affects details on the ground.

But hey, if going down there is what helps change the media perception that he's not engaged, then I'm all for it.

at Obama or our government along with BP..guess the media has done a good job making BP the only goat to the rest of the nation!

then they were at those 2,000 floating dead bodies during Katrina....
which is why, I suppose, these folks, in the majority, voted for another Republican
during the 2008 presidential election.....cause they didn't have a
problem with the motto that Big government is not required at the time,
and it appears that their "way of life" is worth more to them than literal "human lives".

But then of course, there is nothing more American than wanting one's cake and eating it too.
Guess, that's what we should all want, only if we could get it.....and then of course,
blaming everything and everyone in sight is always a good way of making excuses while
a majority of folks on the gulf inexplicably still support offshore drilling....I guess.

Frenchie, You awakened me to the evils of the media btw.

Flyarm, do you have a response to Frenchie? Your hatred of the President is quite clear.

want offshore drilling. They want it all ways. Time to reevaluate priorities, perhaps? A lot of people in my area, in New England, once used to do whaling as a living. Can't work on the rigs forever, we need to move to other forms of energy.

oh and we voted for and helped elect Obama...not a republican!

i don't really feel like looking for the data so i'll rely on you. i thought central and south florida delivered florida for obama, not north florida and the panhandle (almost alabama). i could have sworn those neck of the woods were harcore repug territory.

and were promised by Obama there would be no new drilling leases in the Gulf during his campaign!

Political analysts had said that another important region in Florida was the Panhandle, an area where Republicans normally win but where Obama poured resources. Obama didn't do as well in those counties as Kerry in 2004.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/fl.htm


Obama's win in the state can be attributed to, according to exit polling, winning 96% of the African-American vote, 57% of Latino voters, and 52% among Independents.

On the other hand, John McCain kept the state relatively close, losing by far less than his national average. In northern Florida, a Republican stronghold, McCain won the majority of counties by double-digit landslides. Along the panhandle, McCain routinely took over 70% of the vote.<30> Obama won only a handful of counties - most home to major colleges. Moreover, McCain improved on George Bush's performance in large parts of northern Florida - something he achieved in very few other areas of the country.<30> Obama's sole accomplishment involved Duval County (Jacksonville), where he narrowed George Bush's 61,580-vote victory to a far smaller 7,919 margin.<25><31> Duval County has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1952, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976.

In addition, McCain was able to do well along the I-4 corridor in central Florida. This heavily populated, "swingy" region often determines which candidate wins in Florida's statewide elections. In 2008, the Republican candidate won the majority of counties, including populated areas such as Brevard County. However, McCain's poor showing in Orlando severely hurt his position in central Florida.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida,_2008

Fail.

Strange the difference in which this President is viewed compared to the last one
at a time of the aftermath of disaster.

Makes one want to try to figure out why such a big difference, doesn't it?

I wonder if a corporate media supportive of a President during national time of crisis
had anything to do with it. I know that New Yorkers were also very pissed and devastated at the
fact that airplanes crashed into New York Buildings (tearing them down),
and how that incident also affected the health of the economy, job security of many in the immediate area and the literal health of the rescue workers.

His polls have gone up and down regularly. Funny how no one posted that he was at 44% late last week, the lowest he's ever been in a Gallup poll. Tomorrow he could be at 50% and by the weekend back in the mid 40s. Either way, what's the difference?

:shrug:

means nothing right?

:shrug:

Obama makes me feel like I'm a schizo from minute to minute. One minute I'm defending him and singing his praises. The next, I'm thoroughly disgusted and incredibly disappointed in him.

Chris Jansing on MSNBC claimed Obama is "slipping in the polls" and then didn't cite any polls.

bad