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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (10722)	4/8/2009 9:30:48 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Obama steady; lawmakers from both parties down -------------------------------------- Two-to-one approval for the President; two-to-one disapproval for Republicans in Congress; five-to-four disapproval for Democrats in Congress. -------------------------------------- content.usatoday.com Fresh poll numbers to consider, courtesy of a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released this hour: -- 64% of those surveyed over the past three days (Friday-Sunday) said they approve of the job President Obama is doing vs. 30% who said they disapprove and 6% who said they have no opinion. In a March 5-8 survey, 65% approved of the president's performance and 28% disapproved. Before that, in a Feb. 20-22 USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the numbers were 62% and 29%. In five USA TODAY/Gallup polls done since Inauguration Day, the president's approval rating has ranged from 62%-65%. The percentage who disapprove has ranged from 25% to 30%. The number who have no opinion has fallen from 11% to 6%. (By the way, Gallup continues to publish its daily "tracking" poll on the president's popularity -- which is based on ongoing polling that's separate from the USA TODAY/Gallup survey. Today's reading in that tracking poll: 60% approve of the job Obama is doing, vs. 30% who disapprove.) -- 30% of those surveyed said they approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing vs. 61% who said they disapprove and 8% who said they have no opinion. The only other time this year that the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll has asked about GOP members of Congress was the Feb. 20-22 survey. Then, 36% approved and 56% disapproved -- with 8% undecided. -- 42% of those surveyed in the new poll said they approve of the job Democrats in Congress are doing vs. 51% who said they disapprove and 6% who said they have no opinion. In the Feb. 20-22 survey, the percentage who approved of the job Democrats were doing was 47%. Then, 46% disapproved and 7% were undecided. The new survey included 1,007 adults. Interviews were done by telephone. Some calls went to landlines; some went to cellphones. The margin of error on each result: +/- 3 percentage points.