Reuters Poll: Obama’s Approval Falls To 37%, A New Low

President Obama’s job approval polls are tracked and aggregated on PPD, including polls conducted by Gallup, Reuters, AP/GfK, Rasmussen Reports and more.

President Obama’s job approval rating fell to 37 percent in the Reuters poll that tracked through November 7, a new low for the president in the tracking survey. Only 17.6 percent of Americans “strongly approve” of the job Obama is doing as president, while out of the 58 percent who say they disapprove a whopping 36.8 percent say they “strongly disapprove” of him.

The president’s total approval level is soft, as nearly as many (15.5 percent) Americans who say they strongly approve only “somewhat approve,” but less (14.9 percent) “somewhat disapprove.”

The survey is a rolling average, but two days of data used in the results were tracked the day before the Republicans retook control of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, netting 7 seats on Election Day with two others — one of which, Alaska, PPD called for Republican Dan Sullivan — still yet to be called by the Associated Press.

The contest in Louisiana went to a runoff, but Democrat Mary Landrieu has little to no path to victory, and the Democrats have pulled their support out of the race.

Obama’s average approval rating is dangerously close to falling into the 30s, altogether. In fact, if not for Rasmussen Reports, which we’ve heavily criticized in recent days and in the past, artificially propping up the president’s support with their outlier results.

“The president’s average approval ratings would’ve fallen further throughout last year if not for Rasmussen Reports consistently releasing results that are from 8 to 10 points more favorable than the average, as a whole,” said PPD’s senior political analyst, Richard D. Baris. “Particularly in the last month, Obama’s approval was already tracking in the high 30s one or two days a week when we excluded Rasmussen.”