A breaking Zogby report published late Thursday evening indicates that President Barack Obama is enduring the lowest approval rate in his presidency, with only 45 percent of Americans approving of his job performance.
Zogby intends to detail their findings online Friday, August 21, 2009.
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Updated: 9:27 a.m., Friday, August 21, 2009.
Zogby International President and CEO John Zogby explained that the President’s plummeting approval rating comes largely from political independents, the group that ultimately gave Obama the edge to win the presidency.
None of these numbers looks counter-intuitive to me. Gallup, NBC, and Pew all have Obama at record lows. Rasmussen also shows low approval. Things are volatile out there and news travels fast. There is a lot of anxiety over healthcare,” he said. “The President let it get away from him and voters are scared right now. They are experiencing sacrifice overload and feel more threatened than empowered. The President is being forced to play defense and he is much better when he is in possession of the ball. But do not underestimate Obama. Last August he was toast.”
While this latest poll shows Democrats continue to overwhelmingly approve of Obama’s job performance (84%), just 6% of Republicans say the same. Most independents (59%) now disapprove of the job the President is doing.
“He has lost support among political independents, that’s the biggest change from our last survey. He is also starting to lose support he had picked up among investors and frequent Wal-Mart shoppers — who both are on the conservative side but where Obama had been making gains,” Zogby said. “Remember, Zogby polling has generally been ahead of the curve during the past three administrations.”
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