When it comes to his job approval ratings, President Obama has a clear homecourt advantage.
Polling results released today by Gallup show that while Obama’s approval numbers are sliding nationwide, the president is still quite popular in some parts of the country. In Washington D.C., Obama has a sky-high approval rating of 85%. In Illinois, where Obama lived for several years, he boasts a 54% approval rating. And in Hawaii, the president’s home state, 68% of adults approve of his job performance. Birthers may be disappointed to learn that Kenya was not included in Gallup’s survey.
Obama’s also doing well in Delaware (where 62% approve), Maryland (60%), New York (57%), Connecticut (57%), and California (56%). All in all, respondents in 15 states gave Obama an approval rating of over 50%.
Unsurprisingly, the president isn’t faring as well in some typically red states. In Wyoming, his approval rating stands at a meager 29%. Several other states in the West — Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma, Montana, and Alaska — all gave him ratings in the 30s. And although most states in the Northeast were reliably favorable to the president, New Hampshire gave the president a slim 41% approval rating, even though 54% of the state voted for Obama in 2008.
In the past year, the president’s approval ratings are down in every state except Delaware, where Obama’s approval rating has risen one percentage point since 2009.
Gallup based its state-by-state results on polling conducted as part of its daily tracking poll from January 2 to June 30. Over 90,000 adults from all 50 states were interviewed. Margins of error vary from state to state.
