Liking and Voting For Obama Are Too Different Things

Last Thursday's Gallup daily tracking poll gave Obama a 51% approval rating; the highest in weeks and probably due to all the Bin Laden "kill" hype during that week But, on that same day, in a head-to-head election match-up against Romney, the same Gallup polling only gave Obama a single point advantage: 46% to Romney's 45%. Between the job approval rate and Obama's reelection polling, there was a 6 percentage point differential. This just proves that some voters are confusing job approval with likeability. As a result, when it comes to actually reelecting Obama, those same voters appear to be siding with Romney. A fact that should make Obama very, very nervous.