Obama’s Approval Ratings Still Unfettered

An RNC ad attempts to link Obama to Blagojevich. Recent polls show that the ad isn't working

By U.S. News Staff

December 16, 2008 RSS Feed Print
  • 51 percent: Americans who believe that Obama "has done enough to explain" his contacts with Blagojevich
  • 60 percent: Americans who believe that Obama's staff has not done anything illegal
  • 49 percent: Republicans who believe Obama's staff has not done anything illegal
  • 72 percent: Americans who approved of the Clinton transition before the 1992 inauguration
  • 72 percent: Americans who approved of the Bush transition before the 2001 inauguration
  • 76 percent: Americans who approve of the Obama transition
  • 67 percent: Share of Americans who see Obama "as honest and trustworthy"

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Sources: ABC/WP, USA Today/Gallup

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Rod Blagojevich,
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Barack Obama

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