Obama’s Approval Ratings Tank, But Media Still Love Him

07-09-2009 • Stop the ACLU

It is amazing how failure can make people lose hope in Mr. Popularity’s promised change. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –8. The President’s Approval Index rating has fallen six points since release of a disappointing jobs report last week (see trends). Thirty-nine percent (39%) now give the President good or excellent marks for handling the economy while 43% say he is doing a poor job. Those are by far his lowest ratings yet on the economy … Overall, 51% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance so far. Forty-eight percent (48%) now disapprove. Wow, Barack! Looks like you own the recession! The ol’ days of blaming Bush seem to be over.