Monday, December 3, 2012

Re-election Hasn't Changed Public Opinion on Obama


President Obama has gotten only a small boost in public approval from his re-election victory, suggesting that the country remains deeply polarized and he will have continuing trouble winning acceptance of his agenda.

Most recent presidents — whether they won or lost — got a larger increase in their approval ratings immediately after Election Day than Obama has, according to a Gallup poll.
Net job approval — defined by Gallup as the percentage of people who approve of a president's job performance reduced by the percentage who disapproved — increased by an average of 6 percentage points for presidents since 1952. Obama, however, saw his net job approval go up by just 2 percentage points.
Fifty-two percent of Americans approved of Obama's job performance immediately before and after the election, but the share of those who disapproved declined from 44 percent to 42 percent — accounting for the 2 percent net differential.
All of Obama's immediate predecessors going back to Ronald Reagan got a bigger bump. George W. Bush's net approval actually increased by 5 percentage points immediately after his party lost the presidency to Obama in 2008, and went up 8 percent in 2004 when Bush won re-election.
Bill Clinton's rating went up by 11 points after his party lost in 2000 and by 5 points in 1996 when he won a second term. George H.W. Bush's jumped 19 percentage points in 1992 despite his loss. Reagan's rose by 9 percentage points in 1988 and 5 percentage points in 1984. The Gallup results were summarized by The New York Times.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/Ken-Walshs-Washington/2012/12/03/re-election-hasnt-changed-public-opinion-on-obama

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