The Texas Politics Project

Obama Job Approval (October 2012)
  • Obama Job Approval
  • Among Likely Voters
  • by Party Identification
  • by Ideology
  • by Tea Party Support
  • by Race
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The MOE for the sample (n=540) is +/- 4.22%

Respondents were asked, "How would you rate the job Barack Obama has done as president? Would you say that you..."

  1. Approve Strongly
  2. Approve Somewhat
  3. Neither Approve nor Disapprove
  4. Disapprove somewhat
  5. Disapprove strongly

"Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either "Extremely" or "Somewhat" interested in politics in Q2 AND either voted in "Every" or "Almost every" election in Q3.

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