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Gallup Daily Tracking Puts Obama Approval at 53%

Steven L. Taylor · Thursday, June 2, 2011 · 3 comments

Via Gallup: Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

This is up from the May 28-31 number, which was 49%.

It was last at 53% for the May 22-24 sample.

The individual numbers can be downloaded in a spreadsheet here: click.

FILED UNDER: Public Opinion Polls, US Politics, Gallup

About Steven L. Taylor

Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

Tano says:

Thursday, 2 June 2011 at 15:13

Anyone who was excited about the news stories claiming that the recent upsurge in approval for Obama was over, or fading, I suggest you check out the graph at RealClear…
Terrye says:

Friday, 3 June 2011 at 06:47

I have to say that I wonder about some of these polls with Obama and his approval numbers. Gallup has him going up several points in just a couple of days..and why? It is as if there is no rhyme or reason. He is way up and then he drops off and then he goes up. Rasmussen has him fairly steady between 48 and 50.

It is as if there is some cycle in the polling. I wonder if he will stay there, or if he will fall back to where he was 4 days ago at 47. Strange.
Terrye says:

Friday, 3 June 2011 at 06:51

Tano:

So what? Look at history. Those graphs change all the time. A president goes up and down and it seems to me that Obama does that more than most…and his up and down is more constrained too. He has an area he tends to stay in: 45 to 53. Nothing, not the death of Osama or crappy economic numbers seem to make a big dent..one way or the other.

I think he is vulnerable however, because he does not do well when it comes to specific areas of performance…some of the people who like him in general do not like his handling of the deficit or his handling of the economy for instance.