http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-new...al-in-two-polls

This Reuters poll is being quashed. It took me a little work to find it. So much for the meme that if the govt' shuts down, the GOP is in trouble. Zero is in terrible shape in this....

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As President Barack Obama’s signature Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enters the all-important sign-up phase next week, the president finds himself with some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency even as Republicans in an unpopular Congress maneuver to block the health-care legislation from taking effect.

A Reuters-Ipsos poll of 1,729 Americans taken Sept. 20-24 found only 39 percent of those surveyed approve of the job Obama is doing as president, while 55 percent disapprove.

Obama can take some small solace in the fact that overall congressional approval is even lower than his own numbers, with a Sept. 21-23 weekly tracking poll by The Economist/YouGov finding only 9 percent approval for “the way the United States Congress is handling its job.”

Comparing numbers from two different polls can be a lot like comparing apples and oranges, but The Economist/YouGov pollsters also asked respondents to give their opinions on Obama.

Of the 1,000 registered voters surveyed over the Web in that poll, only 38 percent approved of how Obama is “handling his job as president.” Fifty-five percent disapproved.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll gave respondents seven options: strongly approve, somewhat approve, lean toward approve, lean toward disapprove, somewhat disapprove, strongly disapprove and not sure.

The strongly disapprove category had the highest number of respondents with 35 percent, followed by somewhat approve with 20 percent. Only 16 percent of respondents strongly approved of Obama’s job as president.

The Economist/YouGov poll gave respondents the opportunity to strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, strongly disapprove or say they were not sure. Strongly disapprove led in the that poll as well, with 41 percent strongly disapproving and just 17 percent strongly approving.

Both polls asked about the overall direction of the country.

The Reuters-Ipsos poll found that 22 percent of those responding thought the country was headed in the right direction, while 64 percent thought it was on the wrong track. Fourteen percent were not sure. In the Economist/YouGov poll, 25 percent said the US was headed in the right direction while 60 percent said the nation was on the wrong track. Fifteen percent were not sure.

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the president finds himself with some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency even as Republicans in an unpopular Congress maneuver to block the health-care legislation from taking effect.

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Let's see. Zero's numbers are falling through the floor yet they spin that the congressional maneuver is unpopular. That defies logic.

First Black/Gay/White Hispanic Prez is the reason he gets away with it--and a Yellow opposition

So we have 70% racists in this country I take it?

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the president finds himself with some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency even as Republicans in an unpopular Congress maneuver to block the health-care legislation from taking effect.

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Let's see. Zero's numbers are falling through the floor yet they spin that the congressional maneuver is unpopular. That defies logic.

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Happened during the last debt ceiling fight too.