Each week Gallup publishes a breakdown of its presidential job approval rating, broken down by demographic groups. Here’s the latest one, released yesterday.
Among what groups has Barack Obama’s approval rating fallen to 50 percent or below? Several. First is among married people, where the president has a 47 percent approval rating. Then there are men, among whom Obama has a 50 percent rating. And people over 65, among whom he has a 48 percent rating. And white people, at 46 percent.
If you’re a political independent, you don’t approve of Obama, either; he’s at 46 percent with that group. Same if you go to church weekly; Obama’s rating among regular churchgoers is at 45 percent. So from Gallup, these are the groups among whom Obama is at 50 percent or below:
Married 47
Men 50
Over 65 48
White 46
Independents 46
Weekly church 45
South 49
Some college 50
Republicans 20
Conservatives 28
Those are Obama’s weak spots. But what about his strong points? Among the groups in which he has an approval rating of 60 percent or higher are people age 18-29, at 63 percent; unmarried people, at 63 percent; blacks, at 92 percent; Hispanics, at 69 percent; other non-whites, at 73 percent; people with graduate study beyond a college degree, 60 percent; and people who make less than $2,000 a month, at 64 percent. Here’s the list:
Unmarried 63
18-29 63
Black 92
Hispanic 69
Other non-white 73
East 61
Graduate study 60
Less than $2,000/month 64
Democrats 86
Liberals 88
Overall, Gallup had Obama’s job approval for the week at 54 percent, with a 40 percent disapproval rating.
