These poll numbers were released yesterday by Rasmussen Reports -- "an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information."
40% Give Obama Good/Excellent Grades for Leadership, 41% Say Poor
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Forty percent (40%) of voters nationwide give President Obama good or excellent marks for leadership. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 41% rate the president's leadership as poor.
The current ratings are the lowest yet recorded for Obama. A month ago, 47% gave him good or excellent marks for leadership. A year ago, 56% were positive about his leadership skills.
Even as the president reaches out to Republicans to try to get his health care plan back on track, 32% of voters describe his leadership style as too confrontational, up two points from earlier this month and the highest such finding of his presidency. Twenty-one percent (21%) say Obama is too cooperative. Thirty-five percent (35%) say his leadership style is about right.
Not surprisingly, there is a huge partisan difference. Most Democrats (58%) say the president's style is about right, and very few in his party think he's too confrontational. Fifty percent (50%) of Republicans say he's too confrontational, and very few think he's too cooperative. Those not affiliated with either major party are more divided in their opinion. Thirty-four percent (34%) say he's too confrontational; 34% say his style is about right, and 16% say too cooperative.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of Democrats give the president good or excellent marks for leadership, while 68% give him poor marks. Among unaffiliated voters, 29% say good or excellent, while 43% say poor.
Obama's job approval ratings have remained in the mid-to-upper 40's for months in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll . To see other measures of the president's performance, visit Obama By the Numbers .