Obama’s Gallup approval rating 3rd quarter approval rating drop is the largest since 1953

Obama continues to make history! According to Gallup, Obama has now had the largest quarter to quarter approval rating drop since Harry Truman in 1953 of 9 percentage points. For Quarter 2 of 2009 (which was April 20th to July 19th), Obama’s approval rating was 62% (down 1% from the first quarter). For the third quarter which was July 20th to October 19th, Obama’s approval rating fell to 52.9%. To compare and contrast some recent President’s 1st year 3rd quarter, Dubya was at 72%, Bill Clinton was at 48%, H.W. Bush was 69%, Ronald Reagan was 57%, and the one Obama is most often compared to, Jimmy peanut head Carter was 60%.

In addition to this poll, Rasmussen has Obama at 47% approval rating, and a Presidential Approval Index of -13. This is the 2nd largest PAI that Obama has had, and only 2% above his all time low approval of 45%. This is also his sixth day in a row of double digital negative PAI ratings, which equals his previous record. Should he remain in double digits in tommorow’s Rasmussen polling, it will be yet another low point record for Obama.

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October 21, 2009 · Filed Under Political Polling


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