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Cha

(295,916 posts)
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 06:42 PM Jun 2013

In Contrast to Cnn poll, Pew Shows Stable Approval Rating for Obama

A new survey from Pew Research Center released Wednesday indicated that President Barack Obama has largely weathered the controversies that have consumed the country's attention as of late — a far cry from a survey released earlier this week that showed his approval rating had dipped sharply.

The Pew poll showed that 49 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing while 43 percent said they disapproved. Those numbers are virtually identical to Pew's poll in May, when 51 percent said they approved of the President's job performance and 43 percent said they disapproved.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/in-contrast-to-cnn-poll-pew-shows-stable

While some pointed to the CNN/ORC numbers as evidence that Obama had been weakened by news of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups and the National Security Agency's sweeping surveillance programs, others such as polling expert Mark Blumenthal cautioned that the survey may have exaggerated the President's actual decline.

Glad the ignorance isn't as prevalent as cnn would have us believe.. and, those who passed it off as real news.

BOG

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In Contrast to Cnn poll, Pew Shows Stable Approval Rating for Obama (Original Post) Cha Jun 2013 OP
Take that! Pew! Pew! Pew! Ian David Jun 2013 #1
I most certainly, Cha Jun 2013 #3
Oh, but doesn't "The Sky is Falling" sell more newspapers...? MADem Jun 2013 #2
As does "blood in Cha Jun 2013 #4
Huffpo offers further analysis of that CNN "poll". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #5
Thank you, Tarheel.. I did see that.. and now Cha Jun 2013 #6
You betcha! I just love being a Democrat! Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #13
Yes Yes Yes!!! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #7
Too cool for school, she! Cha Jun 2013 #9
It's this sort of thing IrishAyes Jun 2013 #18
Exactly, IrishAyes.. Cha Jun 2013 #19
Thank you sheshe! I love seeing pics of the Pres & First Lady with the kiddies. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #14
Part of that comes from a clear conscience. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #17
Sounds about right to me Politicub Jun 2013 #8
Yeah, I didn't see how that Cha Jun 2013 #10
So will the wingnuts stop calling CNN "liberal" now? Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #11
No, they'd have to get deprogrammed for Cha Jun 2013 #12
CNN lying? ucrdem Jun 2013 #15
Pew isn't ratings driven like CNN IrishAyes Jun 2013 #16

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Oh, but doesn't "The Sky is Falling" sell more newspapers...?
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 06:49 PM
Jun 2013

And create discussion board drama?

CNN hasn't done terribly well lately--they are just a shade above Fauxsnooze, but that's not saying much.

sheshe2

(83,341 posts)
7. Yes Yes Yes!!!
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 07:20 PM
Jun 2013


@PeteSouza: President and First Lady pose with children of embassy workers in Berlin



http://theobamadiary.com/


Yes! Americans approve~

As do our allies!

Thank you, Cha!




Cha

(295,916 posts)
9. Too cool for school, she!
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 07:49 PM
Jun 2013

What a memento for everyone's scrapbook. The Obamas are delighted.. and the kids..well, years down the line.. "Oh there I am with POTUS and First Lady Michelle!

Mahalo for the Embassy pic, she~

BOG World Class President and we have him!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
18. It's this sort of thing
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 06:23 PM
Jun 2013

and times that make me proud to be an American. President Obama has done a lot to restore my faith in the good we can do.

Cha

(295,916 posts)
19. Exactly, IrishAyes..
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 06:40 PM
Jun 2013

And like Pres Obama has reminded people in the past.. "nobody said it was going to be easy".

Tarheel_Dem

(31,207 posts)
14. Thank you sheshe! I love seeing pics of the Pres & First Lady with the kiddies.
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 08:44 PM
Jun 2013

PBO's looking good.

Cha

(295,916 posts)
10. Yeah, I didn't see how that
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 07:50 PM
Jun 2013

cnn poll could be true. Call me skeptical on anything cnn.

Politicub

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
16. Pew isn't ratings driven like CNN
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 06:17 PM
Jun 2013

CNN was once the epitome of excellent new coverage. Now it's just another pile of garbage trading on its former glory.

Hooray for Pew!

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