SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of “adults” on June 17th taken in Missouri from June 12th through the 14th. The margin of error is 4.1%. The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.
There has been some erosion in approval when compared to the April survey. More on the May survey after this:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President? (June 2009)
All
51% – approve
45% – disapprove
4% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
82% – approve
16% – disapprove
2% – not surerepublicans [27% of sample]
16% – approve
80% – disapprove
4% – not sureIndependents [25% of sample]
39% – approve
56% – disapprove
5% – not sure
There’s some slippage among “Independents”.
The May report is up on the SurveyUSA website, but has no release date. The interviews took place on May 28th and 29th. The survey has a 600 sample of “adults”, a margin of error of 4.1%, and was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President? (May 2009)
All
52% – approve
44% – disapprove
4% – not sureDemocrats [42% of sample]
84% – approve
15% – disapprove
2% – not surerepublicans [32% of sample]
16% – approve
81% – disapprove
3% – not sureIndependents [21% of sample]
51% – approve
41% – disapprove
9% – not sure
The “Independents” in this poll appear to be a little underrepresented and a little more positive than the bracketing April and June polls.
There is a distinct gender gap in both the May and June polls, with women giving higher approval numbers to President Obama.
I find this catagory hard to interpert. Independents are a wide range of people. Some are liberal,probably more are conservative. The liberal independents could disapprove of President Obama because they believe he is not far enough left. On the other hand, the conservatives might think the opposite, that he is not far enough right.