IBOPE Inteligência Poll: More Bad Numbers for Obama, as 40% Approve of Performance & 35% Say He Deserves Re-Election
One-Third of Those Who Approve Are Disappointed with Obama
UTICA, NY--Majorities of likely voters continue to disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance (60%) and say it is "time for someone new" (55%) in the White House.
Among those who do approve of Obama's performance, 34% say they are disappointed by the president, but don't want to undermine him by saying they disapprove.
The job approval and re-election results in the Aug. 25-29 IBOPE Inteligência interactive poll are little changed from the last similar survey conducted Aug. 2-4.
Overall, do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama's job as president?
|
Obama Job Performance |
Aug 29 |
Aug 4 |
July 25 |
July 18 |
July 12 |
July 5 |
June 21 |
June 9 |
June 6 |
May 31 |
May 23 |
May 9 |
|
Disapprove |
60% |
58% |
54% |
57% |
58% |
58% |
56% |
56% |
53% |
52% |
51% |
52% |
|
Approve |
40% |
41% |
45% |
43% |
42% |
42% |
43% |
43% |
46% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
The 60% disapproval matches the highest found in an IBOPE Inteligência interactive, which came on Nov. 22, 2010.
Do you think President Obama deserves to be re-elected or do you think it is time for someone new?
|
Response |
Aug 29 |
Aug 4 |
July 25 |
July 18 |
July 11 |
July 5 |
June 21 |
June 9 |
June 6 |
May 31 |
|
Time for someone new |
55% |
54% |
51% |
53% |
54% |
56% |
55% |
52% |
53% |
51% |
|
Obama deserves to be re-elected |
35% |
36% |
40% |
38% |
36% |
38% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
41% |
|
Not sure |
10% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
10% |
6% |
7% |
9% |
7% |
8% |
Only the 40% of voters who said they approved of President Obama's job performance were asked this question:
Which of these statements comes closest to your feelings about President Obama’s job approval?
Statement A: I am disappointed with President Obama, but I don’t want to undermine him and give support to Republicans by saying I disapprove of his job performance.
Statement B: I am satisfied with President Obama, and that is my only consideration in saying I approve of his job performance.
|
Statement |
% |
|
A: Disappointed |
34% |
|
B: Satisfied |
53% |
|
Neither |
13% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
The poll also finds no change from the beginning of the month in the percentage who say the nation was “on the wrong track” (72%) and those who say it is headed in the right direction (15%). Our Aug. 4 poll showed 73% choosing wrong track, the highest total of Obama's presidency.
Job approval of Congress is again 12%. Approval of Congressional Republicans is 29%, and approval for their Democratic counterparts is 26%.
IBOPE Inteligência conducted an online survey of 2,335 voters. A sampling of IBOPE Inteligência International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.1 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.
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