US-Obama Approval: 47% Approve, 44% Disapprove (CBS/Times 6/24-28) (Update)

CBS News / New York Times
6/24-28/11; 979 adults, 3% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
CBS News release

Update - more links to information contained in this poll are now available: CBS results, economy story, Afghanistan story, homeowners story; New York Times results, homeowners story

National

Obama Job Approval
47% Approve, 44% Disapprove (chart)
Economy: 39 / 52 (chart)

State of the Country
28% Right Direction, 63% Wrong Track (chart)

Comments

[Wong23]

12:15 AM on 06/30/2011

Most disapprove of how President Obama is dealing with the economy, but few Americans
blame him for its current condition, which some think he inherited. Only 8% think the Obama
administration deserves most of the blame for the state of the nation’s economy. More say
George W. Bush’s administration (26%) and Wall Street and financial institutions (25%) are
mostly to blame. 11% blame Congress.

Teflon Obama?

[Field Marshall]

05:40 PM on 06/29/2011

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) tells Don Imus this morning he thought ht would have been a "good President." In fact, he added, "a great President."

The joke writes itself...

[Xenobion]

06:56 PM on 06/29/2011

Why do conservatives spew random hatred around as jokes?

[stillow1]

08:55 PM on 06/29/2011

Was his comment not as immaculate as you'd like?

[11thGenerationAmerican]

08:46 PM on 06/29/2011

The joke was written when Bush was reelected, and we've been suffering with the consequences ever since.

[StatsNpolls1]

05:24 PM on 06/29/2011

Polls are polls, but cash is fer realz..

"The Obama campaign appears to be signaling that its fundraising totals for the second quarter of the year – the first since President Obama announced for reelection – will not be as robust as the campaign would like.

In an email to campaign supporters today, President Obama unmistakably sought to downplay money.

"We’re closing the books on the first fundraising quarter of the 2012 race at midnight tomorrow.

A lot of folks will be interpreting our numbers as a measure of this campaign’s support.

They’re not wrong, but they are wrong about why.

We measure our success not in dollars but in people — in the number of everyday Americans who’ve chosen to give whatever they can afford because they know we’ve got more work to do."

Campaign officials revealed during the last week that they have set a target of raising $60 million for the quarter from at least 450,000 donors.

But even $60 million would not seem to be a very ambitious goal for Obama. He raised the same amount during the second quarter of 2007, just after he announced his 2008 campaign.

The campaign is hoping to raise up to $1 billion total for the 2012 election.

The email reiterates a call for donors to give at least $5 in order to be automatically entered into a raffle for dinner with Obama and Vice President Biden."

[Field Marshall]

05:31 PM on 06/29/2011

I would give $5 not to have dinner with them....

[StatsNpolls1]

05:37 PM on 06/29/2011

And I am sure they'll take it. $5 is $5.

[AaronTX]

12:16 AM on 07/01/2011

They beat the 450,000 mark, I got the email about that. Got above 500,000 I think. Will have to wait to see the totals.

You could sign up for the raffle without contributing.

[mykittywinks]

04:49 PM on 06/29/2011

Obama has 47% with registered democrats in this poll. Pretty sad isnt it.

[Field Marshall]

04:27 PM on 06/29/2011

Good to see the extreme left is ramping-up the class warfare rhetoric.

http://nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/obama-it-s-kids-versus-corporate-jets-on-debt-ceiling-talks-20110629

[stillow1]

04:37 PM on 06/29/2011

Cool....I'm glad I still h8 kids. Help me out here FM, as the debate on these issues progresses and the presidnetial race heats up....tell me if I am leaving anything out. I just want to be accurate is all.

I h8 kids, old people, minorities, gays, women, clean air, clean water, jobs, the poor, the homeless, the sick, puppies and kittens, babies, and last but not least, muslims.

Did I leave anything out on things I/we will be accused of h8ing over the next 16 months?

[Field Marshall]

05:24 PM on 06/29/2011

You forgot middle class, education, and I would include an overall rac1sm charge as well.

[Xenobion]

04:48 PM on 06/29/2011

Why do you guys even post if all you are going to do is sniff each other's farts?

[stillow1]

04:52 PM on 06/29/2011

Dunno what that means....I just want to be fully prepared for all the things conservatives will be accused of. I think I covered, but asked FM if I missed any. You can bicker about it X, but the simple fact is when your a conservative, thats pretty much the list of things your accused of on a regular basis. Being a liberal-non liberal, you probably wouldn't understand since your full of love, tolerance and acceptance.

[Wong23]

12:01 AM on 06/30/2011

You have a gift for metaphor, my friend. How apropos.

Best laugh I've had today:)

[wm58523]

02:26 PM on 06/29/2011

It would be nice if they would poll people that did not speak spanish, could read and write and had an income over 500 p/m.

[StatsNpolls1]

02:08 PM on 06/29/2011

The lengths these cheats are willing to go through in order to deceive their consumers are truly boundless.

BOBO approval is +3 among all adults. Party ID, however is reported only for RV's, and as it is, after weighing, it has D+7 edge. That's for RV's. What is it for all adults who answered the approval question? D+10? D+12? D+15? Empirically, the non-registered adults are a heavily Dem-leaning bunch, so those are not unreasonable guesses.

Gallup, after a bin laden break in May, once again is showing GOP advantage among all adults. Pay attention to the two rightmost columns (with leaners)..

http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

[Lat1]

02:27 PM on 06/29/2011

State,

Psst! Landslide coming and your party is failing....

[StatsNpolls1]

02:41 PM on 06/29/2011

STOP SAYING THAT!!! PLEASE!!!

YOU'RE SCARING THE **** OUT OF ME..

[Field Marshall]

02:37 PM on 06/29/2011

Its CBS and the NYTimes. Did you expect them to be honest?

[StatsNpolls1]

02:42 PM on 06/29/2011

Well, yeah. What, no good?

[Field Marshall]

03:10 PM on 06/29/2011

You are too naive Stat....

[drum950]

01:47 PM on 06/29/2011

CBS/Times -- Well, duh!!!!

[-iVote-]

05:29 PM on 06/29/2011

Do you ever actual say anything?

[drum950]

05:54 PM on 06/29/2011

Only to folks that would understand it.....