Gallup released a poll yesterday highlighting President Obama’s declining approval rating in 47 states, including Pennsylvania. If reporting on this, please consider the following quote from the PA GOP:

“Poll after poll confirms that Pennsylvanians are frustrated with President Obama’s failed promises and empty rhetoric.  Whether it is the President’s addiction to more taxes and higher spending to his inability to create jobs, voters are hungry for new leadership to get our country back on track.” –Valerie Caras, PA GOP spokesperson

Obama Approval Above 50% in 10 States and D.C. in 2011

Overall, Obama averaged 44% job approval in his third year in office, down from 47% in his second year. His approval rating declined from 2010 to 2011 in most states, with Wyoming, Connecticut, and Maine showing a marginal increase, and Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey, Arizona, West Virginia, Michigan, and Georgia showing declines of less than a full percentage point. The greatest declines were in Hawaii, South Dakota, Nebraska, and New Mexico

(Jones, Jeffrey. Obama Approval Above 50% in 10 States and D.C. in 2011. Gallup. January 31, 2012)

Obama Struggling In Battleground States

The bad news: His job approval ratings in the other battleground states are solidly underwater and, in many states, worse than publicly perceived.  In Colorado, seen as a gateway to aggressively contesting the Southwest, Obama scored a net -12 job approval (40/52) throughout the year. In Nevada, also seen as a major bellwether, Obama has a 41 percent approval, with 50 percent disapproving. In the critical battleground state of Ohio, a 50 percent majority of voters disapprove of his performance, with only 42 percent approving.   In the must-win state of Pennsylvania, Obama’s job approval is underwater, with 45 percent approving and 48 percent disapproving.

(Kraushaar, Josh. Obama Struggling In Battleground States. National Journal. January 31, 2012)