US-Obama Approval: 43% Approve, 51% Disapprove (YouGov 11/12-15)

YouGov
11/12-15/11; 1,000 adults, 3.7% margin of error
Mode: Internet
YouGov release

National

Job Approval / Disapproval
43% Approbe, 51% Disapprove (chart)
Economy: 33 / 56 (chart)
Health Care: 36 / 52 (chart)

2012 President: Republican Primary
23% Gingrich
21% Cain
19% Romney
7% Paul
6% Perry
5% Bachmann
5% Huntsman
2% Santorum
1% Johnson
(chart)

2012 President: General Election
46% Obama (D), 41% Romney (R) (chart)
48% Obama (D), 38% Cain (R)
47% Obama (D), 41% Gingrich (R)

Congressional Job Approval
7% Approve, 69% Disapprove (chart)

State of the Country
17% Right Direction, 68% Wrong Track (chart)

Comments

[ashenthorn]

06:40 AM on 11/17/2011

Quick formula for prediciting the election results: Take Obama's job approval rating on election day, add 8-10 points, and you have Obama's popular vote percentage on election day. That 8-10 percentage point difference? When confronted with the awfulness and incompetence of the Republican alternative, that many voters who disapprove of Obama's performance as president will vote for him anyway.

[Dave WI]

07:45 AM on 11/17/2011

Scientific!

[StatsNpolls1]

10:31 AM on 11/17/2011

Is that you, Professor Abramowitz?

[Xenobion]

07:28 PM on 11/16/2011

Excited for Gingrich to sit on the couch will Nancy Pelosi and talk about green energy, help pay for healthcare, and call Ryan's plan right-wing social engineering. He's the he's so not Romney he's left of him.

[Dave WI]

08:35 PM on 11/16/2011

Yep. Like I said on a different thread, he has as much chance as Trump did.

[stillow1]

06:23 PM on 11/16/2011

Congrats to the g'ment for hitting 15 trillion in debt....$133,000 per tax payer!

I feel pretty bad for any of you under age 40........in words taken from my generation, you're SCREWED!

[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

06:53 PM on 11/17/2011

Yes, that is all Obama's fault!!!! What happened to the Clinton years when we had no wars and the government balanced the budget and the two sides could work together.

I'm sure Romney will blame Obama and praise Clinton for being more affective, and many voters will believe it. Again, it is hard to compare the past to the present. This congress for some reason hates Obama so much, that defying him every step of the way even though their popularity is down at 12 percent, don't care about the country. Making Obama a 1 term president is their only priority, and the best way they can do that, is to frustrate voters, to not go to the polls, and charge poll taxes for voter Id's. It's their solution, but people are fighting back, because we are not going to let people fall for the useless nonsense of the right.