I’ve never given as much credence to polls as political junkies do. Not unless I know the sampling and the wording of questions. And that goes for Gallup, not just self-serving, candidate push polls. Even still, I’m leery about the percentage of respondents who respond in a way seemingly sought by the questioner.
All of that notwithstanding, a consensus of polls has President Barack Obama somewhere in the low 40 percent approval rating. For what it’s worth, President Ronald Reagan was foundering with a 35 percent approval rating in early 1983.
Not only are polls sometimes suspect, they are always volatile.