DETAILED TABLES
Q.2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
April 2009
Approve
TOTAL
SEX
Men
Women
AGE
18-49
50+
DETAILED AGE
18-29
30-49
50-64
65+
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49
Men 50+
Women 18-49
Women 50+
RACE
White NH
Total Non-White
Black NH
EDUCATION
College grad
Some college
HS or less
INCOME
$75,000+
$30,000-$74,999
<$30,000
DETAILED INCOME
$100,000+
$75,000-$99,999
$50,000-$74,999
$30,000-$49,999
<$30,000
REGISTERED VOTER
PARTY ID
Republican
Democrat
Independent
PARTY AND IDEOLOGY
Conservative Republican
Mod/Lib Republican
Mod/Cons Democrat
Liberal Democrat
Disapprove
August 2009
(VOL.)
DK/Ref
Approve
Disapprove
(VOL.)
DK/Ref
Aug09 April-Aug
Change
(N)
%
%
%
%
%
%
62
26
12
52
37
12
4013
-10
57
66
30
22
13
12
48
55
41
33
11
12
1757
2256
-9
-11
65
58
23
29
11
13
53
49
35
40
12
11
1714
2237
-12
-9
70
62
60
55
18
27
28
30
12
11
12
15
62
48
51
46
27
39
38
43
11
12
11
11
553
1161
1219
-8
-14
-9
-9
59
55
71
61
28
32
19
26
13
13
10
13
48
48
58
50
39
43
31
37
12
9
11
13
53
83
95
33
10
2
14
7
3
42
73
92
46
16
4
11
12
4
3083
893
62
60
63
28
27
23
10
13
13
55
48
51
39
41
34
6
11
14
1516
1004
58
61
71
31
30
16
11
9
13
47
53
56
45
38
28
8
10
15
1138
1240
59
57
60
62
71
60
31
32
33
28
16
28
10
11
7
11
13
11
47
47
48
56
56
49
47
43
45
32
28
41
6
10
7
12
15
10
664
474
30
92
57
58
3
27
12
5
16
18
82
48
72
10
40
10
8
13
1107
1288
24
41
90
95
66
41
4
2
10
18
6
3
12
33
78
89
81
52
12
6
8
15
10
5
779
302
1
1018
871
863
843
1374
357
1470
902
559
681
902
3317
1387
770
463
-11
-7
-13
-11
-11
-10
-3
-7
-12
-12
-11
-8
-15
-12
-10
-12
-6
-15
-11
-12
-10
-9
-12
-8
-12
-6
DETAILED TABLES
Q.2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
April 2009
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total White NH Prot.
White NH evang. Prot.
White NH mainline Prot.
Total Catholic
White NH Cath.
Unaffiliated
CHURCH ATTENDANCE
More than once a week
Once a week
Once or twice a month
A few times a year
Seldom/Never
REGION
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
MARITAL STATUS
Married
Not married
MARITAL STATUS BY SEX
Married men
Married women
Unmarried men
Unmarried women
EMPLOYMENT
Employed
Not employed
AMONG REPUBLICANS
Men
Women
18-49
50+
AMONG DEMOCRATS
Men
Women
18-49
50+
AMONG INDEPENDENTS
Men
Women
18-49
50+
August 2009
Aug09 April-Aug
Change
(N)
Approve
Disapprove
(VOL.)
DK/Ref
Approve
Disapprove
(VOL.)
DK/Ref
%
%
%
%
%
%
45
34
57
66
55
76
40
50
28
22
31
13
15
16
15
12
13
11
34
28
42
55
50
60
53
60
45
35
42
27
12
12
13
10
9
12
49
56
64
66
70
40
32
24
21
17
11
12
12
12
13
38
47
55
56
58
50
43
34
33
29
12
10
11
11
13
70
60
58
63
20
26
29
25
10
14
12
12
55
51
50
53
34
37
39
36
11
12
11
12
773
1029
55
69
34
18
12
13
46
58
44
29
11
13
2217
50
60
65
72
39
28
20
16
12
12
14
12
43
48
54
62
48
40
33
26
9
12
13
12
1000
1217
62
62
27
23
11
14
50
53
38
35
12
11
2222
28
31
31
29
59
57
57
58
13
12
12
13
19
17
18
18
73
70
70
74
7
13
12
8
500
607
92
92
92
91
4
3
3
4
4
5
5
4
84
81
84
79
9
10
9
11
7
9
7
10
442
54
61
63
49
31
22
23
32
16
17
14
19
43
54
50
43
44
34
36
46
13
12
13
11
725
2
1721
914
807
883
668
588
626
1037
620
680
1005
1496
715
1772
748
1024
1762
452
642
846
505
766
662
665
700
-11
-6
-15
-11
-5
-16
-11
-9
-9
-10
-12
-15
-9
-8
-10
-9
-11
-7
-12
-11
-10
-12
-9
-9
-14
-13
-11
-8
-11
-8
-12
-11
-7
-13
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DETAILED TABLES
Q.2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
April 2009
August 2009
Approve
Disapprove
(VOL.)
DK/Ref
Approve
Disapprove
(VOL.)
DK/Ref
%
%
%
%
%
%
48
57
54
52
62
53
45
56
57
51
53
54
58
27
89
50
36
29
32
34
26
31
39
31
31
33
35
36
24
60
5
31
15
14
14
15
12
16
16
12
12
16
12
10
18
13
6
19
39
45
42
43
46
46
37
44
48
40
43
43
44
15
78
41
51
42
46
46
43
42
51
45
45
47
50
47
39
76
12
47
10
13
12
11
11
12
11
11
6
14
7
11
17
9
9
12
AMONG WHITES
Men
Women
18-49
50+
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
College grad
Some college or less
$75,000+
$30,000-$74,999
<$30,000
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Aug09 April-Aug
Change
(N)
1315
1768
1180
1857
622
878
1066
517
1248
1822
973
951
610
990
833
1107
-9
-12
-12
-9
-16
-7
-8
-12
-9
-11
-10
-11
-14
-12
-11
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ABOUT THE SURVEYS
August results are based on telephone interviews conducted among a nationwide sample of 4,013 adults, 18
years of age or older from August 11-27, 2009 (3,012 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and
1,001 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 347 who had no landline telephone). For the total sample, the
margin of error attributable to sampling that would be expected at the 95% level of confidence is plus or minus 2
percentage points. The margin of error for subgroups will be higher.
April results are based on telephone interviews conducted among a nationwide sample of 3,013 adults, 18
years of age or older, from March 31-April 21, 2009. (2,260 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone,
and 753 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 271 who had no landline telephone). For the total sample, the
margin of error attributable to sampling that would be expected at the 95% level of confidence is plus or minus 2
percentage points. The margin of error for subgroups will be higher.
Both surveys were conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International
and interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. Both the landline and cell phone samples were provided by
Survey Sampling International. For detailed information about our survey methodology, see http://peoplepress.org/methodology/.
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