fivethirtyeight.com - 1/20/2009
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Barack Obama's favorability ratings have continued to improve as we approach Tuesday's inauguration. But how do they compare to those of his predecessors? The two highest initial, post-inauguration approval ratings as measured by Gallup belong to presidents who took over for others whose terms ...
gallup.com - 1/26/2009
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gallup.com —
PRINCETON, NJ -- With a 69% job approval
rating in the latest Gallup Poll Daily update, Barack...
Obama continues a strong start to his presidency. That rating follows his initial approval rating of 68% -- based on Jan. 21-23 polling and reported ...
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Obama’s Initial Approval Ratings in Historical Context
gallup.com - 1/16/2009
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PRINCETON, NJ -- President-elect Barack Obama receives a
remarkably high 83% approval rating for the way in...
which he has handled the presidential transition, significantly higher than the approval level for either of his immediate predecessors just ...
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Obama Wins 83% Approval Rating for Transition
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Obama's Numbers
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Nate Silver looks into the future: My guess is that when Gallup comes out with its first post-inauguration approval ratings for Obama later this week, it will show him with about 76 percent approval, 11 percent disapproval and 13 percent uncertain, which would indeed be the best numbers on record for a newly-elected president. At the very least, Obama is virtually assured of starting out on better footing than his two immediate predecessors in the White House, as Bill Clinton had emerged victorious in a three-way race in which he got just 43 percent of the ...
Searching for a Silver Lining
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Silver acts as though this decline was a foregone conclusion. As the title of his post reads, "Yes, Obama's Approval Ratings Are Declining. What Did You Expect?" But back in January, Silver seemed to expect that Obama's numbers would rise -- not fall. Silver wrote on January 18, "My guess is that when Gallup comes out with its first post-inauguration approval ratings for Obama later this week, it will show him with about 76 percent approval." That didn't happen, instead Obama's approval fell to 62 percent. ...
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themoderatevoice.com 3/24/2009 — Pollster John Zogby is making it known that new poll will show that frustration over the economy will show that President Barack Obama’s popularity has fallen to 50 percent.
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Views: Ellen Malcom of Emily’s List —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Ellen R. Malcolm , president of Emily’s List, a group dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, on the inauguration:
As our new president takes office, women are anxious about job security, worried about the rising costs of health ...
Seattle Warmed by Obama’s Message —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Nick Wingfield reports on the scene in Seattle.
It wasnt difficult to read the political sympathies of a crowd of about 1,000 people who assembled for a free televised viewing of the Obama inauguration at Town Hall, a community cultural ...
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