Marist Poll – Obama has only a 29% approval rating with Independents and 44% approval rating overall

obamafacepalmMore epic failure from the big zero! The latest Marist poll of registered voters nationwide released today has Obama’s approval rating at just 44%, This is the same approval rating that Rasmussen had over the weekend, though today its up to 46%. The most telling results of this poll at least in my mind is that Obama has only a 29% approval rating among independents, while 57% disapprove. Hotair posts the summary of the Marist results which are available in PDF format.

Fewer registered voters nationwide — 44% — currently approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance than disapprove — 47%. When Marist last asked about the president’s approval rating in December, 46% thought well of Obama’s job performance while 44% gave him low marks.

Perhaps, particularly concerning for Mr. Obama is the drop in support among Independents. For the first time since taking office, a majority of Independents — 57% — disapproves of how he is doing in the role. 29% approve, and 14% are unsure. …

“If attracting Independents and bipartisanship are the aim, then the president clearly has a lot of ground to cover in year two,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist Institute for Public Opinion.

The news gets worse from there. The number of Democrats who believe that Obama is changing the country for the better remains relatively high, but dropped from 76% just two months ago to 69% now. But among independents, that number has flipped. Two months ago, they split at 36%, but now almost a majority (45%) believe he’s changing the country for the worse, while only 26% believe the opposite.

Obama can’t rely on personal favorability for much longer, either. Consistently across all pollsters, Obama generally has solid majorities of people that personally like him. Not any longer; among all Marist respondents, that number is down to 50%, losing five points since December. A majority of independents (52%) hold an unfavorable view of Obama personally, up nine points in two months.

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February 8, 2010 · Filed Under Political Polling


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