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-12 PAI (Presidential Approval Index). That's the lowest it's ever been. This number, you'll recall is determined by taking the number of people who strongly approve of his performance from those who strongly DISapprove.
28% Strongly approve of Mr Obama's job performance
40% Strongly DISapprove
This is where the -12 comes from. It should be noted that his first NEGATIVE PAI score was on 22-JUN-2009 when it was -2. It went back into positive territory briefly, and has been on the decline since 30-JUN-2009. (*)
This is in stark contrast from the numbers on his first day in office:
44% Strongly approve
16% Strongly DISapprove. That gave him a PAI of +28, but it wasn't his highest recorded. That happened the next day (22-JAN-2009) when it hit +30.
It is also important to note that the overall trend has been downward. True, it has gone up and down frequently, but the overall trend has been down. It's quite telling that as news of what he's been doing has gotten out (not by the MSM, but by us bloggers ... you know the "potential domestic extremists") his numbers have been overall south.
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