I've never given much weight to Rasmussen polling -- it's kind of hard to take a pollster seriously when they claim a Party ID of R+2 (36D/34R/30I) when Republicans haven't outnumbered Democrats in a Presidential election year going back decades -- but even they can't hide the fact that the President is enjoying a huge bump from the Democratic and Republican conventions.
Today's release (which covers Thursday, September 6 thru Saturday September 8) shows the President with an approval rating of 52% (against a 47% disapproval rating). Not only is that a six-point shift in just one day (from 49/50) but it represents the President's highest standing in Rasmussen polling since January, 24, 2011 (when it was also 52/47):
Currently, 52% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's job performance. That’s his highest approval rating in more than a year-and-a-half, since January 2011.
Forty-seven percent (47%) at least somewhat disapprove...
Additionally, this represents a
13-point shift from the President's lowest standing during the RNC (46/54 from their 9/6/2012 release).
The President has also improved his standing in the Presidential tracker, now leading former Gov. Romney by 4 points (49/45):
This is the president’s biggest lead over Romney among Likely Voters since March 17...Obama’s convention bounce is evident both in the head-to-head numbers with Romney and in his Job Approval ratings...
The President was down by as much as 4 points against Romney during his peak RNC performance (44/48 on September 4). So the President's convention bounce is
currently 8 points.
Scott Rasmussen offers a few thoughts on the bounce noting that President Obama "has made significant gains among voters aged 40-64" and his bounce began the night after President Clinton's speech to the DNC.