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Wisconsin: Barack Obama

Job Approval Rating (General)
Favorability Rating

Job Approval Rating (General)

Barack Obama Job Approval Rating (General)

Poll	Date	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	April 24-26, 2009	56%	42%	2%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	March 20-22, 2009	53%	42%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	February 20-22, 2009	60%	37%	3%	600	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	January 20-21, 2009	70%	18%	12%	600	± 3.7

1 "Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?"

Favorability Rating

Barack Obama Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WISC-TV / Research 2000⁴	October 27-28, 2008	60%	35%	5%	600 LV	± 4.0
Rasmussen²	October 23, 2008	57%	42%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Big 10 Battleground⁴	October 19-22, 2008	65%	32%	3%	584 RV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000⁴	October 20-21, 2008	59%	33%	8%	600 LV	± 4.0
Rasmussen²	October 6, 2008	58%	42%	0%	500 LV	± 4.5
WISC-TV / Research 2000⁴	October 5-6, 2008	57%	33%	10%	600 LV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000⁴	September 22-23, 2008	55%	37%	8%	600 LV	± 4.0
Big 10 Battleground⁴	September 14-17, 2008	56%	39%	5%	616 RV	± 4.0
Rasmussen²	September 15, 2008	55%	43%	2%	700 LV	± 4.0
Rasmussen²	August 5, 2008	53%	47%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen²	July 8, 2008	61%	36%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Badger Poll³	June 8-10, 2008	64%	32%	4%	506 LV	± 4.0
Rasmussen²	June 5, 2008	55%	43%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen²	May 5, 2008	51%	48%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen²	March 26, 2008	54%	45%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen²	February 21, 2008	58%	40%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen²	December 5, 2007	56%	39%	5%	500 LV	± 4.5
Badger Poll¹	June 7-15, 2007	39%	18%	43%	502	± 4.0

1 "(For each of the following people, please tell me if you have a favorable impression of them, an unfavorable impression, or don't know enough to make up your mind) … Senator Barack Obama?"

2 "Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Barack Obama?"

3 "Now I would like to read you the names of several individuals who have been mentioned in the news recently. As I read each one, please tell me whether you have a very favorable opinion of that person, a somewhat favorable opinion, a somewhat unfavorable opinion, or a very unfavorable opinion of each. If you don't feel you can rate that person or don't recognize the name, just say so.) ... Barack Obama."

4 "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Barack Obama?"

Barack Obama Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Haven't heard enough	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Quinnipiac¹	July 14-22, 2008	55%	28%	14%	3%	1,094 LV	± 3.0
Quinnipiac¹	June 17-24, 2008	54%	27%	16%	4%	1,537 LV	± 2.5

1 "Is your opinion of Barack Obama favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?"

Barack Obama Favorability Rating

Rating¹	August 15-17, 2008
1	34%
2	4%
3	4%
4	6%
5	12%
6	4%
7	7%
8	8%
9	8%
10	13%
Average	4.7
Poll	SurveyUSA
Sample	556 RV
MoE	± 4.2

1 "On a scale of 1 to 10, how favorably do you feel towards Barack Obama where 1 means you feel very unfavorably towards him, and 10 means you feel very favorably towards him."