THE OBAMA APPROVAL INDEX: two years down; two to go.


It was inevitable, I think, that the President’s approval would “bottom out” at some point, but the timing is curious, beginning sometime before the 2010 elections, and increasing more sharply following the Republican landslide vote. Note that those ‘strongly approving’ have remained relatively constant, while the ‘strong disapprovals’ have begun to trade places with the ‘mixed reaction’ middle.


Could this reflect a more charitable view of the President now that his policies can be blocked by Congress?