READ STORY HEREPresident Obama’s approval rating in Pennsylvania through his first five and half months in office stood at 65%. The Keystone state ranked fourteenth in the nation regarding its support for the President and surpassed the overall 63% approval rating nationally Obama enjoyed through the month of June.
These were the findings of a newly released Gallup poll measuring the President’s popularity from state-to-state over the first several months of his term in office. The survey was conducted by interviews of over 81,000 adults, over 5,000 of which reside in Pennsylvania, from January 21st through June 30th.
As Gallup is quick to point out, the results do not include Obama’s downturn in polls since July. Gallup in particular at one point had the President’s approval down to just 52% a couple of weeks ago before a slight rebound of late has him settling back to the mid and upper-50s range. A ten-poll average of figures released since late-July have the President’s overall rating pegged at 55%, some eight points less than the totals collected from this Gallup study completed six weeks ago.
Still the ordering of states ranked by their approval for the President has remained largely unchanged through early-August. As of this end of June survey only two states (Alaska, Wyoming) approved of Obama’s performance by less than 50% and none showed an approval to disapproval disparity of less than ten percentage points in his favor.
The President enjoyed approval ratings of better than 70% in nine states/districts (District of Columbia, Hawaii, Vermont, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island) representing nine of the ten most supportive “blue” states in the last election. Only Delaware - no doubt bolstered by home state Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden on the ticket - was one of the ten most Pro-Obama states in 2008 that now ranks outside the top-ten in approval rating.
Still the ordering of states ranked by their approval for the President has remained largely unchanged through early-August. As of this end of June survey only two states (Alaska, Wyoming) approved of Obama’s performance by less than 50% and none showed an approval to disapproval disparity of less than ten percentage points in his favor.
The President enjoyed approval ratings of better than 70% in nine states/districts (District of Columbia, Hawaii, Vermont, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island) representing nine of the ten most supportive “blue” states in the last election. Only Delaware - no doubt bolstered by home state Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden on the ticket - was one of the ten most Pro-Obama states in 2008 that now ranks outside the top-ten in approval rating.
By and large President Obama scores highest just where one might expect. The typically left-leaning states of recent elections in the Northeast, Upper-Midwest and Pacific Coast regions go strongest for the Democratic President. Conversely the President struggles most with populations in the Southeast, Lower-Midwest and the old Western Frontier.
Obama’s best showing in a “red” state carried by John McCain in the last election would be North Dakota where he scores an approval rating in line with his then national average of 63%. In the five most competitive states from the 2008 election that Obama won or lost by five percentages points or less his cumulative approval stood at about 60%. As far as his approval in states won in 2008 the President does worst in Colorado with a 55% rating and ranking of 44.
In addition to the President’s 65% approval rating in Pennsylvania, ranking as his fourteenth most supportive state, New Jersey ranks tenth with a 69% rating for Obama through June. Delaware as mentioned above has sagged in comparison to other “blue” states but Obama still pulls in a 60% approval in the First State, good for 31st on the list.
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