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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Obama Approval Rating at +3

Most of the media are still reporting Obama's approval rating in the 60's. While most of these polls don't differentiate between those who strongly approve of the president and those who kind of approve of the job he's doing, Rasmussen does. And because they do a daily poll, it's fairly easy to track.

According to Rasmussen, Obama's strong approval minus strong disapproval rating is now at +3. This was at +28 the day after his inauguration. Most polls simply look at the total approval minus total disapproval, and if we look at this figure it has gone from +35 to +11 in less than 3 months.

I'll say what I've been saying since his election in November: Obama will never be as popular as he was on inauguration day.