THE WISCONSIN SURVEY - FALL 2009

 

Presidential Approval Ratings

 

 

Survey Information:

Random Selection, Telephone Survey

Number of Adult Wisconsin Resident Respondents:  400

Interview Period: 10/13/09 – 10/22/09

Margin of Error: +/- 5% at the 95% confidence level.

 

Contact:

Wendy Scattergood

Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College Survey Center

DePere, WI 54115

(920) 403-3491

wendy.scattergood@snc.edu

 

·        NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

 

 

 

Do you approve or disapprove of how Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

 

                        Approve...................................................................... 50%

                        Disapprove ................................................................. 39%

                        Not Sure..................................................................... 11%

                        Refused....................................................................... <1%

 

 

Approval Rating

Sp '09

60%

Fall '09

50%

 

 

 

 

 

Generally speaking, would you say that things in the country are going in the right direction, or are they going in the wrong direction?

 

                        Right Direction............................................................. 38%

                        Wrong Direction.......................................................... 51%

                        Not Sure..................................................................... 11%

                        Refused....................................................................... 0%

 

 

 

Percentage Saying the Country is Going in the Right Direction

 

Fall '02

47%

Sp '03

36%

Fall '03

41%

Sp '04

32%

Sp '05

40%

Fall '05

29%

Sp '06

24%

Fall '06

30%

Sp '07

21%

Fall '07

22%

Sp '08

18%

Fall '08

8%

Sp '09

41%

Fall '09

38%

 

 

 

 

Please tell me whether you approve or disapprove of the way President Obama is handling each of the following aspects of his job. Do you approve or disapprove of the way he is handling….

 

Approve

Disapprove

Not Sure

Refused/NA

The Situation in Afghanistan

47%

41%

12%

1%

The situation with Iran

49%

40%

10%

1%

The Economy

42%

53%

4%

<1%

Health care

38%

52%

10%

1%

 

 

Approval Rating by Issue

 

Economy

Health Care

Spring 2003

33%

31%

Fall 2003

38%

26%

Spring 2004

32%

24%

Spring 2009

49%

36%

Fall 2009

42%

38%

 

 

 

 

President Obama recently won the Nobel Peace Prize. Do you think he deserves to win this peace prize or not?

 

                        Deserves the prize................................................... 34%

                        Does not deserve the prize..................................... 59%

                        Not Sure.................................................................... 6%

                        Refused..................................................................... 1%