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Americans Like Obama, But They're Doing The Math
June 30, 2009
The bad thing about being awash in a flood of polling data is that the survey results don't always agree. Just as I begin to settle on one conclusion, new figures appear to support a different one.
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Obama Putting His Approval Numbers To Work
June 23, 2009
A recurring theme in last week's political news, particularly on cable, was that President Obama's job ratings had dipped.
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Change Isn't Obama's Alone
June 20, 2009
Whether or not one agrees with President Obama and congressional Democrats on the massive restructuring of the financial and automobile sectors, their historic efforts at health care reform or plans for climate change legislation, the barrage of proposals is breathtaking. It also invites one to think about the context of all of this change.
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Publisher Charlie Cook has compiled a quick guide to mid-term elections
Historic Presidential Job Approval
This chart tracks the Gallup job approval ratings for the first two years of an elected President's first term, since Eisenhower
This chart tracks the aggregate Gallup party affiliation numbers each year between 1988-2008.