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September 23, 2011

Poll: Obama slips with black voters

Politico - The drop in support among black voters mirrors the declining support for Obama among all groups...
September 15, 2011

Poll: Obama disapproval soars to 54 percent in Va

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The results mirror other polls that show a continuing slide in the president's popularity in a…
September 14, 2011

Poll: Obama's black base is staying put

MSNBC - Despite apparent outrage at the president at one of the CBC's town halls in Detroit, 92 percent of…
September 6, 2011

Obama hits all-time low, NBC News/WSJ poll finds

NBC NEWS - After the bruising debt-ceiling fight -- as well as Standard & Poor's subsequent downgrade of the nation's…
August 15, 2011

Gallup Poll: Obama approval hits new low

Obama registered 39 percent approval in the daily Gallup tracking poll from Sunday, which is made up of interviews of…
August 8, 2011

Gallup: Obama approval rating improving in crucial states

Obama has seen some hits to his national approval rating over the last few weeks as residue from the bruising…
August 4, 2011

Is Barack Obama's presidency aging badly?

OPINION - The optimism of 'Yes We Can' and 'Change We Can Believe In' has turned into the pessimism of…
July 26, 2011

Obama won't win back white voters by being 'President Pushover'

OPINION - Last night, President Obama did what many in his party had longed asked of him: Tell the American…
July 21, 2011

Gallup Pollster: Obama's ratings higher than you'd expect

Barack Obama may be the Kevlar President -- bad news can bruise him, but none can pierce his armor to…
May 11, 2011

AP-Gfk poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years and more than half of…
May 5, 2011

Obama approval rallies six points to 52 percent after Bin Laden death

PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' approval of President Barack Obama is up six points after the death of Osama bin Laden…
May 3, 2011

Poll: 9-point bounce for Obama after bin Laden news

The overnight poll, conducted by The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center, found that 56 percent of respondents approve…
May 2, 2011

Obama approval rating likely to go up after Osama killing

First, until last night, Americans had largely given up hope that bin Laden would ever be captured...
April 22, 2011

Can Obama keep hope alive for re-election in 2012?

OPINION - What's clear is that Obama's numbers are being weighed down by economic insecurity, rising prices, particularly at the…
January 28, 2011

What ‘shellacking’? Recent polls show major momentum for Obama

Just two months ago, President Obama was reeling from his party's massive defeat in the midterm elections...
January 20, 2011

Obama’s approval rating highest since July 2009

VIDEO - In a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, new numbers show that 53 percent of Americans approve of…
January 12, 2011

Poll: Obama, GOP improve their standing

WASHINGTON (AP) - The survey found that 53 percent of Americans approve of how Obama is doing his job, his…
August 30, 2010

Muslims give Obama highest job approval — Mormons, lowest

From Gallup.com - PRINCETON, NJ -- Muslim Americans continue to give President Barack Obama the highest job approval rating of…
August 3, 2010

Blacks and whites continue to differ sharply on Obama

July average is the lowest monthly average approval rating blacks have given Obama yet, although not significantly lower than the…
March 10, 2010

Despite setbacks, Obama remains more popular than Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty…