Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 6/22-6/25/2009. All adults. MoE 2% (6/15-18/2009 results):
| FAVORABLE | UNFAVORABLE | NET CHANGE |
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PRESIDENT OBAMA | 62 (63) | 32 (33) | 0 |
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PELOSI: | 33 (34) | 57 (55) | -3 |
REID: | 32 (33) | 55 (53) | -3 |
McCONNELL: | 24 (23) | 59 (60) | +2 |
BOEHNER: | 17 (16) | 60 (62) | +3 |
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CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: | 43 (43) | 49 (50) | +1 |
CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: | 14 (13) | 71 (72) | +2 |
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY: | 49 (50) | 43 (44) | 0 |
REPUBLICAN PARTY: | 25 (24) | 70 (71) | +2 |
Full crosstabs here. This poll is updated every Friday morning, and you can see trendline graphs here.
Aside from a slight dip for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid (almost entirely attributable to Democrats and Independents, according to the crosstabs), everyone else's numbers either held steady or made slight gains this week.
The GOP, across the board, made gains of 2-3 points during the week. Worth mentioning, though, is that half of the time the poll was in the field was before Wednesday. This, of course, means that the data would ot fully include Wednesday's revelations about the bizarre extracurricular activities involving Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (yes, Fox News viewers, he actually is a Republican).
Therefore, if the party takes a hit from the American electorate saying "Not AGAIN" to tales of GOP infidelity and hypocrisy, we might not see it reflected in the tracking data until NEXT week. Stay tuned, as they say.
The main lesson to take from this week's tracker is that, barring a Sanford crash next week, the GOP's numbers have at long last found their floor. However, the champagne corks should not pop at the RNC, the NRCC, and the NRSC just yet. Thus far, the improved numbers have not helped their standing for 2010:
Would you like to see more Republicans or Democrats elected to Congress in 2010? (6/18 in parentheses)
Democrats 43 (44)
Republicans 29 (30)
Not Sure 28 (26)
On the presidential front, the big news is no news. After several weeks of incremental drops, Barack Obama's net favorability held steady this week, as both his approval and disapproval from the electorate were reduced by a single percentage point.