Des Moines Register/Selzer & Co. Iowa Survey on Barack Obama
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
- Approve 46% {49%} (53%) [64%]
- Disapprove ~48% {44%} (41%) [29%]
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with the economy?
- Approve 40% {41%} (47%)
- Disapprove 54% {55%} (48%)
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with protecting the country against another financial crisis?
- Approve 44%
- Disapprove 48%
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with the budget deficit?
- Approve 30% {30%} (36%)
- Disapprove 63% {61%} (56%)
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with health care?
- Approve 33% {34%} (42%)
- Disapprove 59% {55%} (49%)
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with the fight against terrorism?
- Approve 54%
- Disapprove 39%
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with relations with other countries?
- Approve 60% {58%} (62%)
- Disapprove 33% {33%} (31%)
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charles Grassley is handling his job as U.S. Senator?
- Approve 54%
- Disapprove 28%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Tom Harkin is handling his job as U.S. Senator?
- Approve 51%
- Disapprove 34%
Survey of 805 adults was conducted by Selzer and Co. January 31 – February 3, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted November 8-11, 2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted September 14-16, 2009 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 30 – April 1, 2009 are in square brackets.
Inside the numbers:
Approval among Iowa independents has dropped 10 percentage points since November, to 38 percent.
One-third of independents now say they approve of his work on the economy, about 30 percent on health care and less than a quarter on the budget deficit.
A 52 percent majority of independent voters nationally backed Obama in the 2008 election, according to exit polls conducted for CNN. In Iowa, the percentage was higher, at 56, according to those exit polls. Obama carried Iowa with 54 percent of the vote. In the new Iowa Poll, 37 percent of independent likely voters approve of Obama’s performance.
Obama’s approval from Democrats remains high at 83 percent, virtually unchanged from November but lower than the 90 percent in September. Republican approval remains low at 15 percent, about the same as in November.
President Bill Clinton was the most recent president to experience a similar drop in his Iowa approval early in his presidency. The Democrat’s approval in Iowa fell by 22 percentage points in 1993 during his first 10 months in office.
Clinton’s eight-year low in Iowa was 49 percent, reached midway through his second year in office.
February 21st, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Again, this is what sticks out to our side:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with the budget deficit?
Approve 30% {30%} (36%)
Disapprove 63% {61%} (56%)
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Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing with health care? Obama/Romney Mandated Health Care!
Approve 33% {34%} (42%)
Disapprove 59% {55%} (49%)
February 21st, 2010 at 12:36 pm
I’m going to ignore the lying idiot above me, and make a point here:
Of all the polls we get, we can’t get ONE. SINGLE. PRIMARY POLL?
February 21st, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Ok, I’m off to church and dinner at the folks. A little rainy here in Southern CA
… everyone have a nice SUNDAY (don’t forget Nascar this afternoon)
February 21st, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
February 21st, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I wonder if Steve Deace is still happy he voted for Obama.
February 21st, 2010 at 2:42 pm
1,
Please don’t attach Romney to anything related to Obama. They are different people…and Mitt Romney DOES NOT want NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE, which Obama does. Mitt Romney was a governor of the MOST LIBERAL STATE IN THE UNION. He of course had to make compromises to even be relevant in a state DOMINATED by democrats. That’s not an excuse for some of the mistakes he made…but the man isn’t a liberal in my opinion…although he is more along the lines of a fiscal conservative version of John McCain…albeit without the military service. I’m probably not voting for him in the primary in 2 years…but the man should be respected. He has HELPED the conservative cause by helping conservative candidates. LAY OFF ALREADY.
February 21st, 2010 at 2:44 pm
One more thing….if people on this site want to continue to throw mud at Romney and Huckabee…just remember this…they faced similar problems in their respective states. State government dominated by democrats. If they didn’t make compromises they wouldn’t have been relevant. Romney compromised on Healthcare and some other issues…Huckabee compromised on taxes. Get over it. No candidate is perfect(except maybe Mitch Daniels).
December 11th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
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