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• Little evidence of Democratic unrest

  —Public Policy Polling

  Our new poll suggests that liberal unhappiness with Barack Obama is still largely anecdotal and not very widespread. His approval rating with liberal Democrats is 95%, with only 3% disapproving of him.
  
  On health care 88% of voters in that group say they're with Obama and only 7% are' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:08pm EST
  

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• Limited Support for Sanford Impeachment

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  South Carolina voters don't think much of Mark Sanford anymore. And a fair number of them want him to resign. But when it comes to the possibility of impeaching him there's little public support.
  
  Sanford's approval rating is now just 36%, with 51% of voters disapproving of him. He' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:51am EST
  

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• Obama's December Standing

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  For the second month in a row we find Barack Obama's national approval rating at 49%, with 47% of voters disapproving of him. He has the support of 83% of Democrats, 46% of independents, and 11% of Republicans. None of those numbers have really changed from our November poll.
  
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:54am EST
  

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• Hackney predicts Democratic gains in '10

  —Under the Dome blog

  

  These are headlines no Democratic candidate wants to see:

  A former governor under investigation for corruption, a top Senate Democrat accused of insider trading, a current governor with approval ratings in the 40s and a big tax increase to cope with the biggest budget shortfall [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:10am EST
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• Notes on Delaware Politicians

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  -Jack Markell's approval rating is now 40/31, down from a 62/17 mark when PPP polled the state in March. On the surface that may look like a disastrous decline. But Markell's high early numbers came during his honeymoon period as Governor and now after almost a year in office it's' [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 10:18am EST
  

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• The Possible Palin Mistake

  —Public Policy Polling

  Nate Silver had a good post yesterday about how Barack Obama could probably get reelected with a lower approval rating if Sarah Palin was his opponent as opposed to say Mitt Romney in 2012.
  
  I completely agree. I looked at our last four 2012 polls and calculated the [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:30am EST
  

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• Wisconsin Notes

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  -It's a good thing for Democrats that Jim Doyle decided not to run for reelection. His approval rating is now down to 29% with 57% of voters in the state disapproving of him. When PPP looked at Doyle's standing in June his approval was 34%. As the New Jersey Governor's' [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:51am EST
  

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• Monthly 2012 Numbers

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  Barack Obama's still leading all of his top potential opponents for 2012, but with his approval rating nationally below 50% for the first time his margins against a couple of them have dropped below what he won against John McCain last fall.
  
  For the eighth month in a row [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:43am EST
  

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• Missouri Approvals

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  The second part of our Missouri poll looks at the approval ratings of the state's top politicians:
  
  -Jay Nixon. It's been a pretty successful first year for the state's new Governor. 42% of voters approve of the job he's doing to 25% disapproving. In a time when the popularity [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:28pm EST
  

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• Deep Divisions on Obama

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  For our monthly look at Barack Obama's approval rating nationally we decided to have voters give him a letter grade in addition to a straight up or down vote on his performance.
  
  Overall Obama's 'GPA' comes out to a 2.1, somewhere between a C and a C+. That's a [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:59am EST
  

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• Lincoln Trouble

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  Blanche Lincoln's approval rating in Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District, where Barack Obama had his strongest performance in the state last year, is just 27%.
  
  55% of voters disapprove of the job she's doing. It's predictable that 70% of Republicans give her poor marks but more surprising is that independents' [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:43am EST
  

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• Perdue back up to 30

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  For the first time since June Bev Perdue's approval rating is out of the 20s. 30% of North Carolinians express support for her work this month with 49% disapproving and 22% unsure.
  
  The positive movement for Perdue is largely a result of the Democratic base warming back up to [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:15pm EST
  

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• Obama on the rise in North Carolina

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  Barack Obama's approval rating in North Carolina is headed in the right direction this month. An equal 47% of the state's voters approve and disapprove of his job performance after PPP's monthly surveys from August through October had found his numbers in the red.
  
  Obama's climb in our numbers [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

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• McCrory prepares to leave office with approval still high

  —News 14 Carolina

  Mayor McCrory, who will soon be stepping down from his office, will do so with his popularity intact. McCrory's final approval rating is 59 percent, with only 26 percent disapproving. [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  

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• Mixed messages on McCrory

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  Pat McCrory is leaving office as Mayor of Charlotte with his popularity intact. But that doesn't mean voters in the city are yearning for him to run for Governor again.
  
  McCrory's final approval rating is 59%, with only 26% disapproving. He has the approval of 81% of Republicans and [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:51am EST
  

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• Obama and 2009

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  There's been a seemingly endless debate this week about whether New Jersey and Virginia were Barack Obama's fault.
  
  But I've found the data point that ends the argument for me.
  
  On April 15th Obama's national approval rating in Gallup was 63%. A Rasmussen poll that day showed Bob [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:10am EST
  

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