Pew Poll - Obama Approval: 49-39....Generic Ballot: Democrats 45, Repukes 42

[MadBadger]

Pew Research Center
2/3-9/10; 1,383 adults, 3.5% margin of error
1,129 registered voters, 3.5% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
(Pew release)

National

Obama Job Approval
49% Approve, 39% Disapprove (chart)

State of the Country
23% Satisfied, 71% Dissatisfied (chart)

2010 House: Generic Ballot
45% Democrat, 42% Republican (chart)

Would you like to see your representative in Congress be re-elected in the next congressional election, or
not?
49% Yes, 31% No

Regardless of how you feel about your own representative, would you like to see most members of Congress re-elected in the next congressional election, or not?
32% Yes, 53% No

Do you think of your vote for Congress this fall as a vote FOR Barack Obama, as a vote AGAINST Barack Obama, or isn't Barack Obama much of a factor in your vote?
24% For, 20% Against, 51% Not a factor

Favorable / Unfavorable
Republican Party: 46 / 46
Democratic Party: 48 / 44
Congress: 41 / 50
The Tea Party Movement: 33 / 25

As of right now, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care bills being discussed in Congress?
38% Favor, 50% Oppose (chart)

Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military?
61% Favor, 27% Oppose

Party ID
31% Democrat, 26% Republican, 37% independent (chart)

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/us_national_survey_pew_239.php

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Solid approval number. Not above 50%, but disapproval is very low.

[MadBadger]

2. I like the Generic Number too.

[WI_DEM]

3. Plus 10--bottom line is as the economy recovers so will Obama's ratings and overall Dem ratings, too

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Pretty much.

You either sink or swim with the economy as president. Clinton was given a good deal of leeway as president because the economy began booming under his watch. Even Bush Senior was riding high in approval ratings until the economy tanked. Then he could do no good. Same with Reagan - just in reverse. He started out fairly high and dropped like a rock once unemployment cracked 10% (sounds familiar). That was actually a year before the election. Obama has two years before the '12 campaign kicks off to get things leveled. Once the unemployment rate dipped in late-'83 and early-'84, Reagan's numbers climbed and he surged to a landslide win.

I see something similar for Obama.