Which Is It? Two Polls, Two Very Different Approval Ratings For Obama

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – MARCH 12, 2014, 8:47 AM EDT

A poll released late Tuesday found President Obama on the rebound, his approval rating undergoing the biggest positive change of his presidency. Hours later, out came another poll that told a very different story: Obama's approval rating had hit a new low.

The two polls were conducted at virtually the same time, used virtually the same sample size and have identical margins-of-error.

First, the positive poll for Obama, which came courtesy Bloomberg. It found 48 percent of American adults giving the president positive marks for his job performance, a marked increase from the 42 percent who approved of Obama in Bloomberg's December poll.

“The six-point increase in Obama’s approval rating puts him back in the territory he typically occupies,” said Ann Selzer, the Iowa-based pollster who conducted Bloomberg's survey. Bloomberg's poll also showed Obama with a 49 percent favorability rating, the highest mark since last June. Forty-nine percent said they have an unfavorable opinion of Obama.

But the poll also found majorities disapproving the president's performance on a range of different issues, findings that more closely resemble the results of the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, which showed Obama's approval rating dipping to 41 percent.

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[spanone]

1. it proves that polls are an extension of political bullshit.

[winter is coming]

2. Too many polls are meant to drive public opinion, not measure it. n/t

[lostincalifornia]

3. Interesting, because Bloomberg TV on there news feed were pushing the NBC/WSJ poll.

[Fumesucker]

4. It proves that eleventy dozen percent of liberal Democrats support Obama

/LoZoccolo

[global1]

5. Polls Are Like Accountants.......

what number do you want?

[Stallion]

6. All Politician's Polls Are Down Right Now

Obama's approval ratings maybe down but its instructive to note that there is no Republican with better approval ratings. Hilliary is just about the only national politician with broad nationmal support at the present time since Christie's demise. When Obama started to 2012 Presidential Election his approval ratings were anemic at best. The size of the Democratic and Republican Parties is down-and the larger independent base is generally skeptical of both parties.