Obama's job approval over time Approve Disapprove Undecided September 2016 50% 44% 6% September 2014 40 52 8 February 2014 43 50 7 June 2013 47 43 10 October 2012 48 44 8 September 2012 48 47 5 October 2010 51 39 10 July 2010 44 44 12 September 2009 51 34 14 April 2009 62 25 13 (Note: Sept. 2009 results do not equal 100% due to rounding.) Current poll: Do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama's job performance as president? Approve Disapprove Not sure Total 50% 44% 6% Clinton voters 95 1 4 Trump voters 4 95 1 Johnson/Stein/Undecided voters 37 42 21 Men 45 52 3 Women 54 38 8 Democrats 88 6 6 Republicans 11 84 5 Independents/Other 42 50 8 18-34 62 32 6 35-49 48 45 7 50-64 46 51 3 65+ 51 41 8 Under $50,000 57 37 6 $50,000 and over 46 48 6 Hennepin/Ramsey counties 60 33 7 Rest of Twin Cities suburbs 47 48 5 Rest of state 44 50 6 DEMOGRAPHICS # of respondents In terms of your political party identification, do you generally consider yourself DFL or Democrat, Republican or an independent? DFL/Democrat 230 37% Republican 184 29% Independent/Other 211 34% In the last presidential election, did you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney? Obama 305 49% Romney 265 42% Did Not Vote 55 9% AGE: 18-34 87 15% 35-49 208 33% 50-64 203 32% 65+ 125 20% Refused 2 - INCOME: <$25,000 94 (15%) $25,000-$49,999 90 (14%) $50,000-$74,999 104 (17%) $75,000-$99,999 86 (14%) $100,000+ 118 (19%) Refused 133 (21%) GENDER: Male 306 (49%) Female 319 (51%) REGION: Hennepin/Ramsey 200 (32%) Rest of Suburbs 180 (29%) Rest of State 245 (39%) Source: Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, Sept. 12-14, 2016; 625 Minnesota likely voters; +/-4.0 margin of error.
Minnesota Poll: Obama job approval
Half of Minnesota likely voters approve of the job President Obama is doing, his highest rating since Oct. 2010. The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, conducted Sept. 12-14, 2016, among 625 likely voters, has a margin of sampling error of 4.0 percentage points, plus or minus.
By Staff, Star Tribune
September 21, 2016 at 4:51AM
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