President Obama losing support: 47% approval

Change fewer can believe in

In the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, Barack Obama’s presidential job approval rating is at 47%, which clearly shows a new low for his administration to date.

Obama has seen his approval ratings among independents and Republicans slide by at least 20 points since the beginning of his term, and now stands at a personal low of 47% approval among all Americans.

Obama´s approval rating has been below 50% for much of the time since mid-November, but briefly rose to 52% last week after he announced his new Afghanistan policy.

Any slight bump in support Obama received coincident with his new Afghanistan policy proved to be very short-lived, as his approval rating returned to below the majority level by the weekend, and slipped further to 47% in Dec. 4-6 polling.

Gallup believes that Afghanistan is just one of many high-profile issues with which the president is dealing.

The president spent part of Sunday on Capitol Hill talking to lawmakers as they continue working on healthcare reform legislation. In the most recent Gallup update, more Americans said they would advise their members to vote against healthcare legislation than said they would advise them to vote for it.

Also, in recent days Obama has been focusing on finding ways to create jobs for out-of-work Americans, and is planning a major speech on Tuesday outlining his ideas for spurring job creation.

In late November, Gallup found slight majorities of Americans disapproving of the way Obama was handling job creation and the economy more generally.

Obama travels to Oslo, Norway, this week to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and then he heads to to Copenhagen, Denmark, to attend the controversial global climate change conference.

In the new Dec. 4-6 Gallup Daily results, Obama’s approval rating is 14% among Republicans, 42% among independents, and 83% among Democrats.

Compared to his ratings in early November, when he averaged 53% job approval overall, his ratings are down three points among Democrats, seven points among independents, and four points among Republicans.

George W. Bush´s job approval rating in December of first year was 86%; George W.H. Bush was 71%. Even Jimmy Carter´s job approval rating was better than Obama´s at 57%.

On the other hand, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for December 8 shows that only 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President.

In the same report, 38% Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11

Less than a month ago, only 43% of voters surveyed by the Zogby/O’Leary Poll indicated that they would vote for President Obama.

The Americano

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