APPROVAL RATINGS UPDATE

According to GALLUP: weekly approval rating average for April 25, 2011 - May 1, 2011 is 44%.  His average for his entire term so far is 51%.  His highest was 69% in January 2009 and his approval ratings have hit a low of 41% several times with the latest being April 13-15, 2011.

In comparison, the average for a U. S. President in the tenth quarter of his Presidency is 55%.  For May of the third year of the term, George W. Bush's approval rating was at 66%, and even Bill Clinton had a higher approval rating than Obama with 51%.

RASMUSSEN calculates it a little differently.  They break it down into those who Strongly Approve of the job Obama is doing, which is currently 26%, with 35% Strongly Disapproving.  Rasmussen subtracts the Strongly Disapprove rating from the Strongly Approve to obtain their Presidential Approval Index rating.  In this case, it comes out to -9.  Overall, 49% of the voters at least somewhat approve of the job Obama is doing with 50% disapproving.  Rasmussen noted the numbers moved very little since the death of Usama Bin Laden.

REAL CLEAR POLITICS has his approval rating at 51.3% with 42.6% disapproving.  They also have an excellent table comparing the major polls with each other making it easy to see the differences in the polling data.

THE LATEST NUMBERS

It's been awhile since I've posted any poll numbers, so here's a few. This is from RASMUSSEN.

First, here are the polls from upcoming Congressional mid-term elections:

In Wisconsin, former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson is ahead in the polls over incumbent Democratic Senator Russ Feingold, 47% to 43%. And Thompson has not even entered the race!

In Iowa, Republican SENATOR CHARLES GRASSLEY leads former Iowa House member Bob Krause 56% to 30%, 59% to 31% over former U. S. Attorney Roxanne Conlon, and 61% to 25% over State Senator Tom Fiegen.

In Nevada, Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party Sue Lowden leads incumbent Senator Harry Reid by a margin of 50% to 40%. Former UNLV basketball player Danny Tarkanian leads Reid 50% to 43%.

In additional to the national races, Rasmussen polls show Democratic incumbent governors and Democratic state legislators are also running behind Republican challengers.

If I'm going to bore your with statistics, you know I HAVE to include the President's approval ratings. As of January 29, 2010, 25% of voters nationally strongly approve of the job Obama is doing as President. On the other hand, 42% of voters strongly disapprove. This gives President Obama an approval index of -17% which Rasmussen calculates by subtracting the percentage of those who strongly disapprove from the percentage of those who strongly approve. This is down two percentage points from just a couple of days ago.

So, I think the Democrats might just possibly be in a little trouble, as in a serious meltdown. Massachusetts was the warning shot. To the Democrats, it sounded like an atom bomb.

Liberal Democrats, hear that rumble? See the dust cloud on the horizon? That's us, the angry American voters, coming to a voting booth near you, November 2010.