The Eye

President Obama's approval numbers hit negative double digits again, a Sunday Rasmussen tracking poll shows, with 30 percent strongly approving of his performance and 40 percent strongly disapproving.

The approval index -- calculated by subtracting the number who strongly disapprove from the number who strongly approve yielded a rating of minus 10. Rasmussen said it is the first time in three weeks that the approval index fell to negative double digits.

On Sept. 6, 29 percent strongly approved of the president's performance and 40 percent strongly disapproved, for a rating of minus 11.

In the telephone poll of 1,500 likely voters over three days, 48 percent of voters said they "somewhat approve" of Obama's performance, while 51 percent "somewhat disapprove." The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.