According to several polls, President Obama’s approval rating since the beginning of this year has been under water – with more people disapproving than approving of the president’s performance by margins of -1 to -14 percentage points.
Given this “unpopularity,” pundits presume that the president will be a drag on Democrats in the upcoming election. The logic is so straightforward, it hardly seems worth discussing.
Yet, there are other poll results that suggest the president’s popularity may have multiple dimensions. CONT.
David W. Moore, iMediaEthics