SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of “adults” on November 23rd taken in Missouri from November 20th through the 22nd. The margin of error is 4%. The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.
President Obama’s overall approval numbers have continued to decline when compared to the September (there was no October release from SurveyUSA) and August surveys.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?
All
38% – approve
58% – disapprove
4% – not sureDemocrats [30% of sample]
74% – approve
24% – disapprove
2% – not surerepublicans [31% of sample]
12% – approve
82% – disapprove
6% – not sureIndependents [32% of sample]
33% – approve
65% – disapprove
2% – not sure
The numbers among Democrats, republicans and “Independents” have remained relatively unchanged, though the percentage of self-identified Democrats in this sample (30%) is significantly lower than the percentage (37%) in the September poll. The percentage of republicans and “Independents” sampled in the November poll are correspondingly higher.
Get 24% of Democrats and/or 18% of self-identified Liberals to weigh in additionally in the approval column and the president’s overall approval numbers would look quite a bit better.
You got to dance with them what brung you. Go figure.
Michael,
I’m as great a believer in loyalty as you are, and I have “I support President Obama” stickers on my car along with “Because of my faith, I vote for Democrats.” But my faith is being sorely challenged these days. I want to blame the media who love controversy and never report any of the good stuff Obama is doing.
But the problem is deeper than what passes for MSM these days. Here in Missouri, we have a Democratic governor. Have you seen him make any public statements in support of health care reform or climate change? When he does speak up, it’s because someone else started a conversation and he had to offer some kind of public response. (E.g., drunk driving laws not being enforced after the Post Dispatch ran a series on the topic.) Where’s the leadership on the state level? Do any of the elected officials or new candidates care about anything other than getting elected?
Where is the chair of the state committee? I’ve heard they are meeting next Saturday and will vote on whether to support the national effort on health care reform. Too little, too late. They should have been out there organizing rallies with OUR speakers and OUR perusasive messaging. Instead, they let the tea partiers hog all the media attention.
Maybe some of us will have to offer dance lessons so we’ll at least have partners next time.
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