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
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%
