Except for Washington, D.C., President Obama noticeably lacking in Gallup poll

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
8/7/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

President below 50 percent in 37 states

According to a recent Gallup poll, the president has reason to be highly discouraged. His approval rating for the first half of this year is down, lower than50 percent in 37 states. Obama only has a 26 percent rating in Utah to a 49 percent rating in Michigan. Obama is at 50 percent or higher in just 13 states, from a 50 percent rating in Minnesota to a 63 percent rating in Hawaii. Interestingly, the president is most popular in Washington D.C., where his job approval rating is a remarkable 83 percent.

While some may ascribe Obama's rating there solely to his enduring popularity among black voters, it must be noted that Washington is no longer a majority-black city.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - After the nation's capitol, Obama's top ten states are: Hawaii 63 percent; Rhode Island 58 percent; Vermont 56 percent; New York 55 percent; Massachusetts 55 percent; Maryland 55 percent; New Jersey 53 percent; Connecticut 53 percent; California 52 percent and Washington 51 percent.

The 13 states in which Obama is feebly holding his head over the water are: Illinois 51 percent; Delaware 51 percent and Minnesota 50 percent.

The ten states where Obama's approval is lowest are: Utah 26 percent; Wyoming 28 percent; Alaska 29 percent; West Virginia 31 percent; Idaho 31 percent; Montana 34 percent; Oklahoma 35 percent; Alabama 36 percent; Tennessee 37 percent and North Dakota 37 percent.

States where Obama is only slightly below the 50 percent mark are: Michigan 49 percent; Wisconsin 49 percent; Maine 47 percent; Oregon 47 percent; and Iowa, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania, which are all key electoral states - where Obama is at 46 percent.

"The 50 percent approval mark is significant because post-World War II incumbent presidents who have been above 50 percent job approval on Election Day were easily re-elected," Gallup writes.

"Presidents with approval ratings below 50 percent have more uncertain re-election prospects. Historically, two presidents below 50 percent in their final approval rating before the election - George W. Bush and Harry Truman - won, and three, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush, lost."

The District of Columbia and the states in which Obama is at 50 percent or above have a combined 188 electoral votes, which is a good start towards the 270 he needs for re-election. Some of the states Obama will need to win - Ohio, at 44 percent, and Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, all at 46 percent are in the mid-40s range.

Obama's total of 13 states in positive job approval territory is actually a slight improvement from 2011, where he was above water in just ten states.

While some may ascribe Obama's rating there solely to his enduring popularity among black voters, it must be noted that Washington is no longer a majority-black city, where the black population dipped below 50 percent last year. Obama is popular with nearly everyone in the capital.

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Keywords: President Obama, Gallup Poll. approval rating, Washington, D.C.

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1 - 4 of 4 Comments

Hector
9 months ago
Everything should not be blamed on the Obama and the decision he makes. whether its Obama, Romney or any other president, we have to accept the reality of things. And the reality is that they are all puppets following and anti-Christ agenda. The enemy shall reveal himself sooner or later.
George W. Bush did not say this in 2001 for no reason, "This is a holy war".
Judy Claar
9 months ago
GO ROMNEY! Summer Blessings...
Bill Sr.
9 months ago
No surprise here. D.C. is populated with government employees and has over 50% minority residents. And you wonder how this can be that he has such a large following?
The liberals with their far left agenda so well entrenched there in every phase of government services for so many years are so poisoned of mind and spirit that they even allowed him to resend the school choice voucher program for the poor black children trying to escape the most costly system which is among the worst performing in the country. Just another example of Obama wanting to keep what he called his people on the government plantation and loyally voting for democrats or be called Uncle Tom or worse.
Diane
9 months ago
I pray God have mercy on this country and cause Obama defeat. I would like to attribute Obama's policies to stupidity but I no longer can. He's malicious and so are many of his supporters. They really do want more dead babies through abortion(not their own though) and the destruction of true marriage by homosexuals because homosexual unions are by their nature sterile. I guess these people think more of the worlds resources will be for their descendants only. Never, never abort your child and play into their malicious pride and greed. The world was created for all human life, your descendants too.

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