[TheRealVille]

Most of this poll was before the Cain accusations came out, and the President might actually have higher gains than are reported here.

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama gained support among voters in October, according to an independent poll showing him with improved job-approval ratings and strength in contests against Republicans campaigning for his office in 2012.

The 47 percent job-approval recorded for Obama in a Quinnipiac University poll of voters conducted Oct. 25-31 is up from 41 percent in a similar survey released Oct. 6. The percentage of voters voicing disapproval of his performance is down to 49 percent from 55 percent.

Voters are statistically divided over the question of whether the Democrat deserves a second term, with 47 percent saying yes in the survey and 49 percent no. That compares with 54 percent who said Obama didn’t deserve re-election in the last poll and 42 percent who said he did.

In matchups with potential challengers, the poll showed Obama leading each of four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney running closest to him. Obama was favored over Romney, 47 percent to 42 percent.

The president led former business executive Herman Cain, 50 percent to 40 percent; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, 52 percent to 37 percent; and Texas Governor Rick Perry, 52 percent to 36 percent.

In the poll released in early October, Obama was ahead of Romney by four percentage points and led Perry by just one point. He wasn’t matched up against Cain or Gingrich.

Republican Race

Among Republican voters surveyed, Cain was favored for the party’s nomination by 30 percent, Romney 23 percent, Gingrich 10 percent and Perry 8 percent.

Most of the survey was taken before reports surfaced Oct. 30 that Cain was accused of sexual harassment by at least two women who worked for him at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Cain has called the allegations false, while saying the association agreed to pay one of the women a settlement for leaving.

Among all voters surveyed, 41 percent said Cain’s lack of experience in public office makes them less likely to vote for him, while 43 percent said it makes no difference. Cain is a former chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza and is in a statistical tie with Romney for the lead in an Iowa poll of Republicans likely to attend the state’s caucuses that start the nomination contest on Jan. 3.

Qaddafi Killing

For Obama, the gain in approval follows the capture and killing of ex-Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi after a months-long NATO-led assault in which the U.S. played a supporting role.

Peter Brown, assistant director of the Hamden, Connecticut- based Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, also cites “slight improvement in some of the economic numbers” in October as another possible reason for Obama’s improved political standing.

The president “seems to be improving in voters’ eyes almost across the board,” Brown said in a statement. “He scores big gains among the groups with whom he has had the most problems -- whites and men. Women also shift from a 5-point negative to a 4-point positive” view.

The overall survey of 2,294 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points. For the 869 voters questioned on the Republican race, the error margin is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11...prove.html

[TheRealVille]

President Obama’s popularity rose six points in October, a bump pollsters said could be a payout from the death of Moammar Khadafy.

Our Alison Gendar reports:

Obama managed a 47% approval rating, up from a more anemic 41% approval in October, according to the independent Quinnipiac University poll.

"Whether this is a blip, perhaps because of the death of Moammar Gadhafi and the slight improvement in some of the economic numbers, or the beginning of a sustained upward move in his popularity isn't clear and won't be for some time,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Brown said the president scored among groups that he's had trouble with -- whites and men.

“The movement allows the White House a sigh of relief, for the president's approval had been stuck in the low 40s for some time and even a temporary upward move is good news for the folks at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” Brown said.

Obama also looked better in matchups against potential Republican nominees:

Obama led former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 47% - 42%, up from 46% - 42% on Oct. 5.

The president also led over businessman Herman Cain, 50% to 40%. An Obama-Cain matchup was not covered polled in October.

And Obama bested Texas Gov. Rick Perry 52% - 36%, compared to 45% - 44% percent tie last month.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypo...ets-a-bump

[Hoot Gibson]

A plurality of people polled said that Obama does not deserve a second term...and this is the most positive poll that you could find to post. Obama trails a generic Republican candidate in other polls and the unemployment rate is going nowhere but up over the next 12 months. Obama is toast.

[TheRealVille]

He is gaining ground. I will wait and see how your "toast" statement works out. The republicans have one chance to gain the White House, and that's Romney. He is the only electable one of the lot. You all might as well face it, you're not going to get one of your extreme right wingers in the bighouse, you better settle for a "middle of the road" man.

[Hoot Gibson]

He is gaining ground. I will wait and see how your "toast" statement works out. The republicans have one chance to gain the White House, and that's Romney. He is the only electable one of the lot. You all might as well face it, you're not going to get one of your extreme right wingers in the bighouse, you better settle for a "middle of the road" man.

No, Obama is not gaining anything. In poll after poll, more people say that he does not deserve a second term than say he does. You found one poll that showed a positive trend and posted two articles discussing that same poll. Yet even that poll shows that more people want to send Obama packing than want to see him get a second term.

FYI, I supported Romney in the last election. Your claim of supporting Romney just sounds like another one of your whoppers to me. Romney supporters generally do not work around the clock to spin Obama's dismal record the way that you do. If you support Romney, then why do you spread the Obama campaign's propaganda in practically every thread in which you post? The answer is that you have no intention of voting for anybody other than our incumbent socialist president.

[Hoot Gibson]

I check the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Poll results almost daily and the news has been good in recent weeks. A few months ago I lamented the fact that the number of idiots who "strongly" supported Obama was still an astoundingly high 29 percent of those polled. That number is now hovering around 20 percent. It doesn't matter who Republicans nominate, Obama is a one-term president. If even a few people within that 29 percent are capable of recognizing and admitting the truth, then there is hope even for our resident Obama fanboys.

[Image: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/plai...2_2011.jpg]

[TheRealVille]

I check the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Poll results almost daily and the news has been good in recent weeks. A few months ago I lamented the fact that the number of idiots who "strongly" supported Obama was still an astoundingly high 29 percent of those polled. That number is now hovering around 20 percent. It doesn't matter who Republicans nominate, Obama is a one-term president. If even a few people within that 29 percent are capable of recognizing and admitting the truth, then there is hope even for our resident Obama fanboys.

[Image: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/plai...2_2011.jpg]

Yea, I would trust a strongly conservative poll.

[bigben]

^I dont see how anyone could approve obama

[Hoot Gibson]

Yea, I would trust a strongly conservative poll.

It's the same poll that showed very high approval ratings for Obama early in his term. Of course now that Obama has nosedived, you will attack the messenger for reporting the news.

[Hoot Gibson]

^I dont see how anyone could approve obama

I agree. Yet 1 of every 5 Americans polled not only support Obama, the strongly support him. Maybe RV can explain how it is possible to support a politician with such a sorry 3-year record of incompetence.

[TheRealVille]

No, Obama is not gaining anything. In poll after poll, more people say that he does not deserve a second term than say he does. You found one poll that showed a positive trend and posted two articles discussing that same poll. Yet even that poll shows that more people want to send Obama packing than want to see him get a second term.

FYI, I supported Romney in the last election. Your claim of supporting Romney just sounds like another one of your whoppers to me. Romney supporters generally do not work around the clock to spin Obama's dismal record the way that you do. If you support Romney, then why do you spread the Obama campaign's propaganda in practically every thread in which you post? The answer is that you have no intention of voting for anybody other than our incumbent socialist president.

I had all intentions of voting for him at first, if he had made it that far. Since Romney has came out against unions, I will no longer support him.

[Hoot Gibson]

I had all intentions of voting for him at first, if he had made it that far. Since Romney has came out against unions, I will no longer support him.

Romney hasn't changed his position on unions. He may not be the most conservative candidate among the Republicans but it's hard to miss the fact that he is and always has been very much a capitalist who believes in the American economic system. If elected, Romney will not be trotting the globe apologizing to our enemies for being an American.