Do you think President Obama deserves to be re-elected or do you think it is time for someone new?
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| Response | Sept 26 | Sept 12 | Sept 5 | Aug 29 | Aug 4 | July 25 | July 18 | July 11 | July 5 | June 21 |
| Time for someone new | 53% | 53% | 57% | 55% | 54% | 51% | 53% | 54% | 56% | 55% |
| Obama deserves to be re-elected | 37% | 39% | 33% | 35% | 36% | 40% | 38% | 36% | 38% | 39% |
| Not sure | 10% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 7% |
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
In this survey, we repeated a question first asked on Aug. 29 of voters who approve of Obamas job performance to learn if their response was based more on loyalty to Obama or true satisfaction with his record.
Which of these statements comes closest to your feelings about President Obamas job approval?
Statement A: I am disappointed with President Obama, but I dont want to undermine him and give support to Republicans by saying I disapprove of his job performance.
Statement B: I am satisfied with President Obama, and that is my only consideration in saying I approve of his job performance.
| Statement | Sept 26 | Aug 29 |
| A: Disappointed | 27% | 34% |
| B: Satisfied | 58% | 53% |
| Neither | 15% | 13% |
| Not sure | 1% | 1% |
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Our results may indicate Obamas jobs program and a more combative tone toward Republicans is beginning to shore up his support with the party base.
Other results show little change from two weeks ago on opinion toward the nations direction and approval of Congress.
- 72% say the nation is on the wrong track and 17% say the U.S. is headed in the right direction.
- Overall approval of Congress is 14%, while approval for Congressional Republicans is 30% and for Congressional Democrats 28%.
IBOPE Zogby International conducted an online survey of 2,077 voters. A sampling of IBOPE Zogby International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.
IBOPE Zogby International also conducted an online survey of 1,006 likely Republican primary voters. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points.
