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Obama’s 2010 Job Approval Rating Dropped 10 Points or More in 31 States
February 24, 2011
President Obama’s average job-approval rating for his second year in office was 47 percent, down 11 points from the 58 percent he enjoyed in 2009, according to Gallup. But another way to illustrate that drop is to look at his approval rating by state, and Gallup’s surveys show that Obama tumbled by 10 points or more in 31 states.
Some of the states where Obama had double-digit drops were strongly Democratic ones that had backed him over McCain by 10 points or more (and by as much as 2-to-1 margins) in the last presidential election, such as Minnesota (13.3 points), New Jersey (11.7 points), Massachusetts (11.6 points), Maryland (10.9 points) and New York (10.6 points).
The figures “suggest that states such as Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, and Nevada — all of which have average Obama approval ratings within one point of the national average — may once again be the battlegrounds of the coming election,” Gallup said.
February 24, 2011
President Obama’s average job-approval rating for his second year in office was 47 percent, down 11 points from the 58 percent he enjoyed in 2009, according to Gallup. But another way to illustrate that drop is to look at his approval rating by state, and Gallup’s surveys show that Obama tumbled by 10 points or more in 31 states.
Some of the states where Obama had double-digit drops were strongly Democratic ones that had backed him over McCain by 10 points or more (and by as much as 2-to-1 margins) in the last presidential election, such as Minnesota (13.3 points), New Jersey (11.7 points), Massachusetts (11.6 points), Maryland (10.9 points) and New York (10.6 points).
The figures “suggest that states such as Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, and Nevada — all of which have average Obama approval ratings within one point of the national average — may once again be the battlegrounds of the coming election,” Gallup said.