Obama’s Approval Drops To New Quarterly Low
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 9:31AMPresident Barack Obama’s approval rating for his latest quarter in office has dropped to a new low, according to a new Gallup study.
The months long survey shows that the President’s approval rating between July 19th and October 19th now stands at 41 percent, a nearly 3 percent decrease from the previous quarter and almost 4 points less than his previous low during the 7th quarter of his term.
For this period of time, Obama scores below every previous occupant of the White House since the Eisenhower administration, except for Jimmy Carter, who received a 31.4 percent approval rating.
Unsurprisingly, the dip is a bad omen for the White House.
“These lower levels of public support could put his re-election chances in peril unless things start to improve in the next few months,” a statement from Gallup reads. “A second Obama term likely hinges on whether there are signs of economic progress.”
The data was compiled via daily presidential tracking polls conducted among 45,898 adults between July 20th and October 19th. The results were released Friday.
The poll can be found here.
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