A lot of websites and blogs including this one have run stories and blog posts about President Barack Obama going south in the polls. But is that already outdated? Gallup sees him on the upswing.
It’ll be interesting to see what kind of impact the latest broo-ha-ha has on Obama’s ratings. Will it peel off some more of his independent voter and Republican support? Or will it have the opposite impact: turn off some voters who might be getting tired of watching to angry 24/7 outrage, even if they are not huge fans of Obama? (Stay tuned..)
FOOTNOTE: Note that all polls don’t agree. Each polling company has its own methodology. Gallup has generally been one of the more respected ones, but generally many partisans embrace a poll when it shows their side ahead and question the methodology of it when it shows their side behind (you almost never hear someone question the methodology if their side is ahead..). Trending is also important.
Pollster.com’s average of polls doesn’t show a huge upswing for Obama, but it shows a leveling off or slight increase:
RealClearPolitics’ average shows an upswing:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.