On the heels of a Washington Post/ABC News poll showing President Obama's approval ratings slipping on front-burner issues, a Public Policy Polling survey conducted July 15-16 saw his overall job approval rating drop from 50 percent to 43 percent with 7 percent undecided. (The Post/ABC poll still had Obama's overall rating at 59 percent to 37 percent).
Obama's rating in PPP polls had been 55 percent in May and 52 percent in June.
The poll did hypothetical match-ups with Obama pitted against four Republicans for 2012. Obama bested all of them in the PPP survey, but a Rasmussen Reports poll had less favorable news for Obama.
In the PPP survey, Obama leads former House Speaker Newt Gingrich by 50 percent to 42 percent with 9 percent undecided, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by 48 percent to 42 percent with 10 percent undecided, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by 51 percent to 43 percent with 6 percent undecided and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by 49 percent to 40 percent with 11 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.1 points.
The Republican seen most positively by voters is Mike Huckabee with his favorable-to-unfavorable ratio at 42 percent to 33 percent with 25 percent not sure. Palin's favorable-to-unfavorable ratio is 47 percent to 45 percent with 8 percent not sure. Romney's positives and negatives are tied at 37 percent while 42 percent see Gingrich negatively compared to 36 percent who regard him favorably.
However, Rasmussen, in a poll conducted July 16-17, has Obama tied with Romey at 45 percent with 7 percent preferring another candidate and 3 percent undecided and Obama leading Palin 48 percent to 42 percent with 7 percent preferring someone else and 3 percent undecided. Rasmussen did not test Gingrich or Huckabee.The margin of error is 3 points.
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