Sunday 7/26/09
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. That’s the first time his ratings have reached double digits in negative territory (see trends).
By a two-to-one margin, voters trust their own economic judgment more than the President’s. That, too, is little changed over the past month. However, in February, just 49% trusted their own economic judgment more than the president’s.
Interesting.... 29% of voters strongly approve of the way that President Obama is performing his role as President and, coincidentally, 29% of voters trust President Obama's judgement on economic issues more than their own. Imagine that - 29% of voters trust big Government more regarding economic issues than they do their own judgement. However alarming as these numbers are, the good news for freedom-loving Americans is that this trend is moving inexorably against Obama. 10% of voters changed there mind since February and now trust their own economic judgement more than that of Obama.
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Washington’s got another bright idea that most Americans don’t like. Just 18% of adults think it’s the government’s job to tell Americans what kind of light bulb they use, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Seventy-two percent (72%) say it’s none of the government’s business, and 10% are not sure. [Read that again...18% think it is the government's business to tell Americans what kind of light bulbs to use and 10% aren't sure if light bulb selection and regulation is a proper role of government...28%... hmmm...another trend]
Paul Kedrosky reported on 7/24 "According to the latest data, the number of vacant U.S. homes touched 18.7-million in the second quarter. That is a daunting figure, of course, but it is more fun to put it in context. Assuming four people per household, the U.S. currently has enough surplus housing to put the entire population of the U.K., with room left over for Israel."
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