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Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand
New book about the 2020 election.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Obama and Polarization

From the Pew Research Center:


For all of his hopes about bipartisanship, Barack Obama has the most polarized early job approval ratings of any president in the past four decades. The 61-point partisan gap in opinions about Obama's job performance is the result of a combination of high Democratic ratings for the president -- 88% job approval among Democrats -- and relatively low approval ratings among Republicans (27%).