The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -20 (see trends).Just 29% believe the president's economic stimulus package has helped the economy while 43% believe it has hurt. Voters say that decisions made by business owners following their own self-interest will create more jobs than decisions made by government officials.
Consumer and investor confidence are both down slightly since the beginning of 2010 and down sharply since early May. The Rasmussen Employment Index slipped a point this month.
Partisan identification has stabilized during 2010. Numbers for June show that 35.4% consider themselves Democrats while 33.9% consider themselves Republicans. The number of Democrats is down about six points since Election 2008 while the number of Republicans is essentially unchanged.
Sixty-two percent (62%) want to leave the U.S. Constitution alone, but a plurality believes it doesn't place enough restrictions on government.
Voters are fairly evenly divided as to whether or not Elena Kagan should be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, but voters overwhelmingly expect her to be confirmed.