The Obama numbers don't lie--he's way down

"Can't Hide the Decline: Obama Hits New Polling Lows"

Posted by Tom Bevan (Real Clear Politics)

Excluding the Rasmussen and Gallup overnight tracking polls, there have been seven major national surveys released this week. President Obama has recorded an all-time low job approval rating in six of the seven:

Quinnipiac 46%

Marist 46%

CNN/Opinion Research 48%

Ipsos/McClatchy 49%

CBS News/NY Times 50%

Bloomberg* 54%

Only one poll - FOX News/Opinion Dynamics - showed in increase in President Obama's job approval rating over the last month. In the current survey, FOX has Obama at 50% approval, up from his all-time low of 46% recorded in last month's poll.

The net result, of course, is that Obama has also reached an all-time low approval rating in the RCP National Average at 48.9%. Obama initially dropped under the 50% for the first time over Thanksgiving - he spent three days at 49.9% between November 25 and November 28. After ticking up back over 50% right after the holiday break, Obama went under 50% again on December 4th and has remained there for seven straight days:

Original article:

http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/12/11/cant-hide-the-decline-obama-hits-new-polling-lows/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+timeblogs%2Freal_clear_politics+%28TIME%3A+Real+Clear+Politics%29