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Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable

Polling Data

PollDateSampleFavorable Unfavorable Spread
RCP Average6/10 - 6/29--63.029.0 +34.0
Quinnipiac6/23 - 6/293063 RV5830 +28
Daily Kos/R20006/22 - 6/252400 A6232 +30
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl6/12 - 6/151008 A6029 +31
Pew Research6/10 - 6/141502 A7225 +47

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Recent Commentary & News Stories

- Obama & American Exceptionalism - Monica Crowley, Washington Times

- Obama Aligns U.S. with World Community - Carl Cannon, Politics Daily

- The Elusive Green Economy - Joshua Green, The Atlantic

- The Utterly Misbegotten Climate Bill - John Steele Gordon, Commentary

- Can Democrats Win Public Health? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

See All Obama: Favorable/Unfavorable Commentary & News Stories

Polling Data

PollDateSampleFavorable Unfavorable Spread
RCP Average6/10 - 6/29--63.029.0 +34.0
Quinnipiac6/23 - 6/293063 RV5830 +28
Daily Kos/R20006/22 - 6/252400 A6232 +30
Daily Kos/R20006/15 - 6/182400 A6333 +30
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl6/12 - 6/151008 A6029 +31
Pew Research6/10 - 6/141502 A7225 +47
Daily Kos/R20006/8 - 6/112400 A6432 +32
FOX News6/9 - 6/10900 RV6430 +34
Diageo/Hotline6/4 - 6/7800 RV6729 +38
Daily Kos/R20006/1 - 6/42400 A6530 +35
USA Today/Gallup5/29 - 5/311015 A6732 +35
Daily Kos/R20005/25 - 5/282400 A6729 +38
Daily Kos/R20005/18 - 5/212400 A6629 +37
Daily Kos/R20005/11 - 5/142400 A6827 +41
Democracy Corps (D)5/10 - 5/121000 RV6028 +32
Daily Kos/R20005/4 - 5/72400 A6926 +43
Daily Kos/R20004/27 - 4/302400 A7025 +45
Quinnipiac4/21 - 4/272041 RV5827 +31
CNN/Opinion Research4/23 - 4/262019 A6929 +40
Diageo/Hotline4/23 - 4/26800 RV6431 +33
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl4/23 - 4/261005 A6423 +41
CBS News/NY Times4/22 - 4/26973 A5418 +36
ABC News/Wash Post4/21 - 4/241072 A7226 +46
FOX News4/22 - 4/23900 RV6827 +41
Daily Kos/R20004/20 - 4/232400 A6826 +42
Pew Research4/14 - 4/211507 A7324 +49
Daily Kos/R20003/30 - 4/22400 A6730 +37
FOX News3/31 - 4/1900 RV6232 +30
Quinnipiac3/24 - 3/302326 RV5926 +33
Diageo/Hotline3/26 - 3/29800 RV6430 +34
Democracy Corps (D)3/25 - 3/291000 LV6127 +34
Daily Kos/R20003/23 - 3/262400 A6529 +36
Daily Kos/R20003/16 - 3/192400 A6728 +39
Daily Kos/R20003/8 - 3/122400 A6827 +41
Newsweek3/4 - 3/51203 A7222 +50
Daily Kos/R20003/2 - 3/52400 A6926 +43
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl2/26 - 3/11007 A6819 +49
Daily Kos/R20002/23 - 2/262400 A7125 +46
FOX News2/17 - 2/18900 RV6825 +43
Hotline/FD1/21 - 1/24800 RV7615 +61
Daily Kos/R20001/19 - 1/222400 A7720 +57
ABC News/Wash Post1/13 - 1/161079 A7918 +61
CBS News/NY Times1/11 - 1/151112 A609 +51
FOX News1/13 - 1/14900 RV7615 +61
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl1/9 - 1/121007 A6614 +52
USA Today/Gallup1/9 - 1/111031 A7818 +60
Pew Research1/7 - 1/111503 A7915 +64
Daily Kos/R20001/5 - 1/82400 A6729 +38
Gallup1/3 - 1/51500 A7219 +53
FOX News12/9 - 12/10900 RV6824 +44
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl12/5 - 12/81009 A6716 +51
USA Today/Gallup11/7 - 11/91010 A6827 +41
CNN11/6 - 11/91246 A7522 +53
FOX News11/1 - 11/2971 LV5938 +21
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl11/1 - 11/21011 LV5635 +21
Rasmussen Reports10/31 - 11/23000 LV5643 +13
Diageo/Hotline10/31 - 11/2887 LV5441 +13
FOX News10/28 - 10/29924 LV5640 +16
CBS News/NY Times10/25 - 10/291234 RV5134 +17
GWU/Battleground10/23 - 10/291000 LV6036 +24
Newsweek10/22 - 10/231092 RV6232 +30
CBS News/NY Times10/19 - 10/221046 RV5231 +21
GWU/Battleground10/16 - 10/221000 LV5839 +19
FOX News10/20 - 10/21936 LV6035 +25
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl10/17 - 10/201159 RV5633 +23
CNN/Opinion Research10/17 - 10/19746 LV6235 +27
GWU/Battleground10/9 - 10/151000 LV6137 +24
LA Times/Bloomberg10/10 - 10/131030 LV5334 +19
CBS News/NY Times10/10 - 10/13972 RV5032 +18
USA Today/Gallup10/10 - 10/121201 RV6235 +27
ABC News/Wash Post10/8 - 10/11945 RV6433 +31
FOX News10/8 - 10/9900 RV6034 +26
Newsweek10/8 - 10/91035 RV6036 +24
GWU/Battleground10/6 - 10/9800 LV6236 +26
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl10/4 - 10/5658 RV5235 +17
CBS News10/3 - 10/5875 RV4634 +12
CBS News9/27 - 9/301113 RV4832 +16
Time9/26 - 9/291133 LV6033 +27
GWU/Battleground9/21 - 9/251000 LV5739 +18
CBS News/NY Times9/21 - 9/24844 RV4330 +13
FOX News9/22 - 9/23900 RV5733 +24
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl9/19 - 9/221085 RV4836 +12
LA Times/Bloomberg9/19 - 9/221287 RV5037 +13
CNN/Opinion Research9/19 - 9/21697 LV6136 +25
F&M/Hearst-Argyle9/15 - 9/211138 LV4338 +5
CBS News/NY Times9/12 - 9/161004 RV4535 +10
Newsweek9/10 - 9/111038 RV5737 +20
Battleground9/7 - 9/111000 LV5737 +20
FOX News9/8 - 9/9900 RV5736 +21
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl9/6 - 9/8860 RV5332 +21
Hotline/FD9/5 - 9/7924 RV5437 +17
ABC News/Wash Post9/5 - 9/7961 RV5836 +22
CBS News9/5 - 9/7655 RV4437 +7
USA Today/Gallup9/5 - 9/71022 A6235 +27
CNN9/5 - 9/7942 RV6034 +26
CBS News9/1 - 9/3734 RV3834 +4
CBS News8/29 - 8/31781 RV3934 +5
CNN8/23 - 8/24909 RV6036 +24
USA Today/Gallup8/21 - 8/231023 A6332 +31
ABC News/Wash Post8/19 - 8/22916 RV6234 +28
CBS News/NY Times8/15 - 8/19869 RV3932 +7
LA Times/Bloomberg8/15 - 8/181248 RV4835 +13
Quinnipiac8/12 - 8/171547 LV5230 +22
CBS News7/30 - 8/4906 RV3732 +5
CNN7/27 - 7/29914 RV6333 +30
USA Today/Gallup7/25 - 7/271007 A6135 +26
CBS News/NY Times7/7 - 7/141462 RV3931 +8
Quinnipiac7/8 - 7/131725 LV5529 +26
Newsweek7/9 - 7/101037 RV5632 +24
CNN6/26 - 6/29906 RV6332 +31
FOX News6/17 - 6/18900 RV5832 +26
USA Today/Gallup6/15 - 6/191625 A6431 +33
Newsweek6/18 - 6/19896 RV6226 +36
ABC News/Wash Post6/12 - 6/151125 A6333 +30
Hotline/FD6/5 - 6/8806 RV5733 +24
CBS News5/30 - 6/3930 RV4131 +10
Pew Research5/21 - 5/251505 A5140 +11
USA Today/Gallup5/1 - 5/31019 A5837 +21
CBS News/NY Times5/1 - 5/3601 RV4430 +14
CBS News/NY Times4/25 - 4/29956 RV3934 +5
Newsweek5/21 - 5/221205 RV5540 +15
Rasmussen4/23 - 4/261600 LV5047 +3
Newsweek4/24 - 4/251203 RV5340 +13
USA Today/Gallup4/18 - 4/211019 A6034 +26
Newsweek4/16 - 4/171209 RV5736 +21
ABC News/Wash Post4/10 - 4/131197 A5639 +17
Rasmussen4/8 - 4/111600 LV5148 +3
CBS News/NY Times3/28 - 4/21,368 RV4324 +19
Hotline/FD3/28 - 3/31799 RV5637 +19
Rasmussen3/26 - 3/291600 Lv4948 +1
NBC/WSJ3/24 - 3/25800 RV4932 +17
SurveyUSA3/25 - 3/251000 A3840 -2
Pew Research3/19 - 3/221,503 A5634 +22
Gallup3/14 - 3/161,025 A6233 +29
Rasmussen3/8 - 3/111600 LV5146 +5
NBC/WSJ3/8 - 3/101,012 RV5128 +23
Newsweek3/5 - 3/61215 RV6128 +33
LA Times/Bloomberg2/21 - 2/251246 RV6127 +34
Pew Research2/20 - 2/241,508 A5734 +23
CBS News/NY Times2/20 - 2/241115 RV4523 +22
Rasmussen2/8 - 2/111600 LV5344 +9
USA Today/Gallup2/8 - 2/101,016 A5834 +24
Pew Research1/30 - 2/21,502 A5830 +28
USA Today/Gallup1/30 - 2/21,016 A5932 +27
NBC/WSJ1/20 - 1/221,008 A3925 +14
USA Today/Gallup1/10 - 1/131,016 A5932 +27
Pew Research1/9 - 1/131,515 A5633 +23
ABC News/Wash Post1/9 - 1/121,130 A6330 +33
CNN/Opinion Research1/9 - 1/101,033 A5528 +27
Gallup1/9 - 1/111031 A7818 +60

All Commentary & News Stories

- Obama & American Exceptionalism - Monica Crowley, Washington Times

- Obama Aligns U.S. with World Community - Carl Cannon, Politics Daily

- The Elusive Green Economy - Joshua Green, The Atlantic

- The Utterly Misbegotten Climate Bill - John Steele Gordon, Commentary

- Can Democrats Win Public Health? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

- Shields and Brooks Debate Health Care, Climate Bill - The NewsHour

- How ObamaCare Threatens Your Health Plan - Rich Lowry, NRO

- We're Being Force-fed a Liberal Agenda - Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times

- When to Ration Health Care - Michael Kinsley, Washington Post

- Analysts Debate Cap-and-Trade - The NewsHour

- We Don't Need Radical Health Care Reform - George Will, Washington Post

- One Nation Under Medicare - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

- The Obama World Order - Michael Tomasky, New York Magazine

- Too Big to Fail, or Succeed - Peter Wallison, Wall Street Journal

- Understanding the Age of Obama - Victor Davis Hanson, RealClearPolitics

- Health Care Costs Must Be Controlled - Peter Orszag, Financial Times

- Obama Plan Worse Than Status Quo - Douglas O'Brien, American Thinker

- Obama's Plan: Hypocritical and Dishonest - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- How Obama Needs to Sell Health Care - Stan Greenberg, The New Republic

- Concern Mounts About Obama's Spending - Scott Wilson, Washington Post

- Mr. President, Another Speech Please - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

- After the Crisis, Capitalism Is Discredited - Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair

- Why Israelis Are Cool on the Obama Speech - Judea Pearl, Wall St. Journal

- Will America Follow California's Example? - Frank Donatelli, Politico

- GOP Ignores Changing Demographics at Its Peril - Mike Murphy, Time

- Obama's Coalition is Holding Up - Michael Tomasky, NY Review of Books

- Mike Murphy's Strange Math - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

- Blaming the Guy Before Doesn't Work Long - Peter Baker, New York Times

- Five Things the Virginia Election Results Don't Mean - Mike Madden, Salon

- Obama's "Gift" May Have a Downside - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics

- How Republicans Got Cast as "Angry White Males" - Peggy Noonan, WSJ

- Obama Takes Health Care Arguments to Green Bay - Milwaukee JS

- A Czar Too Far: Govt Should Not Be Meddling in Pay - Detroit News

- Deficit Emerges As Major Political Issue - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal

- Why Obama Should Keep the Heat on Israel - Peter Beinart, Time

- Time to Change the Tone of 'Politics' Coverage - Stu Rothenberg, Roll Call

- Why Is the Right Doing So Well in Europe? - Anne Applebaum, Slate

- The Importance of Being Obama - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

- Obama, The Anti-Reagan - Pat Buchanan, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- Pittsburgh's Rebirth vs. Detroit's Bailout - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

- White House Undermines Its Case for Sotomayor - John Dickerson, Slate

- Obama's America: Too Fat to Fail - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal

- A New Beginning With Muslims - President Barack Obama

- It's All Reagan's Fault - Paul Krugman, New York Times

- Is $50 Billion the Limit for GM? Don't Bet On It - Mickey Kaus, Slate

- The Media's Infatuation with Obama - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- Exacting Change - Robert Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation

- Obama, Incorporated - Rich Lowry, New York Post

- President Obama Must Not Stifle America's Dynamism - The Economist

- D.C. to Look Into Accepting Gitmo Inmates - Martin Austermuhle, DCist

- Health Bill Would Fix What's Broken - Sen. Edward Kennedy, Boston Globe

- Obama, Sotomayor, Ricci & White Male Privilege - David Paul Kuhn, RCP

- Sotomayor is No Leftist - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

- On North Korea, First, Take a Deep Breath - Fred Kaplan, Slate

- Obama's Pick Is a Winner, Already - Joe Conason, New York Observer

- Judge Sotomayor's Identity Problem - Ronald Cass, RealClearPolitics

- What's a Liberal Justice Now? - Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times Magazine

- Questions for Sotomayor - Neomi Rao, Wall Street Journal

- Interview with Senator John McCain - Hannity

- Why is Obama Getting Creamed in Budget Debate? - Jonathan Chait, TNR

- Obama Has Few Options With North Korea - David Sanger, New York Times

- A Little Mockery From the Axis of Evil - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

- Inside the Moderately Liberal Mind of Sotomayor - Richard Lacayo, Time

- Why Didn't She Explain Herself in the Race Case? - Emily Bazelon, Slate

- Liberals Frustrated on Guns and Guantanamo - Associated Press

- Obama Redefines 'Transparency' - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

- The Bankruptcies We Need - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek

- Obama Cededs Ground on Torture to Cheney - Gary Younge, The Guardian

- A Worthy Debate - David Broder, Washington Post

- Earl Warren, a Justice With Empathy - Jim Newton, Los Angeles Times

- Obama's Speechifying Lost Out to Cheney's Facts - Michael Goodwin, NYDN

- When Nuance Becomes a Flip-flop - Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times

- Have We Already Lost Iran? - Flynt & Hillary Mann Leverett, NY Times

- Obama Not Rising to Meet Challenge of Gay Marriage - Frank Rich, NYT

- Debate Between Sen. Durbin and Newt Gingrich - Meet the Press

- Hard Fixes for Medicare and Social Security - Associated Press

- Some Obama Enemies Made Totally of Straw - Helene Cooper, NY Times

- Senate GOP: Not So Fast on Court Pick - Mike Allen, Politico

- Obama's Speech Exposed Shallow Rhetoric - Byron York, DC Examiner

- Netanyahu in the Ring with Obama - David Horovitz, Jerusalem Post

- Two Approaches, No Middle Ground - Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal

- Send Cheney Back to the Bunker! - Fred Kaplan, Slate

- Identity Politics And Sotomayor - Stuart Taylor, National Journal

- Shields and Brooks on the Week in Politics - The NewsHour

- How Biden Wrecked the Judicial Confirmation Process - Collin Levy, WSJ

- The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard - Arthur Herman, Commentary

- Our President Isn't Quite as Advertised - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- The Ground Shifts Under The Auto Industry - Francis Cianfrocca, RCP

- Obama's Extreme Makeover of Our Culture - Arianna Huffington, HuffPo

- Obama Practices Dishonest Politics He Ran Against - Mike Murphy, Time

- Health Costs Are the Real Deficit Threat - Peter Orszag, Wall Street Journal

- The Indecipherable Language of Government - Peggy Noonan, WSJ

- Obama's Moment on Health Care Reform - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

- Call Obama's Political Favoritism What It Is - George Will, Washington Post

- Harry, Louise and Barack - Paul Krugman, New York Times

- Moderate Democrats Become Decisive Factor - Matthew Dallek, Politico

- Ominous Parallels Between Obama & Bush - Bill Frezza, RealClearMarkets

- Something Bad is Happening in Obama's America - David Frum, Nat'l Post

- Obama, Congress Go AWOL on Fiscal Responsibility - USA Today

- Catholic Political Divide Over Obama at Notre Dame - Associated Press