Obama weekly approval average on Gallup hits record low

Whatever “bounce” Obama got from the passage of ObamaCARE has vanished in a big way. Obama’s job approval rating fell to 47% for the week ending April 11, the lowest weekly average ever his administration recorded by Gallup. The most important stat of this poll though is Obama only has a 43% approval rating among independents. As one would expect, Obama’s approval rating is miserable with Republicans and sky high with Democrats.

In historical context, Obama’s job approval rating is slightly below where Bill Clinton was in April 1994, his second year in office, but roughly equal to Ronald Reagan’s approval rating in April 1982. Both of these presidents’ political parties lost substantial numbers of House seats in the midterm elections in their second years, a historical fact that does not bode well for the Democratic Party in this fall’s elections if Obama’s ratings stay at their current level or go lower.

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April 12, 2010 · Filed Under Political Polling


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