FOR RELEASE: AUGUST 12, 2011 OBAMA APPROVAL IN NEW YORK CRASH DIVE, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL FINDS;

BUT VOTERS BACK PRES OVER UNNAMED GOP CHALLENGER New York State voters disapprove 49 - 45 percent of the job President Obama is d oing, a huge drop from his 57 - 38 percent approval June 29 and the first time t he president ever has had a negative score in New York, according to a Quinnipia c University poll released today. Democrats approve 75 - 19 percent, down from 82 - 12 percent in June. Disapprov al is 86 - 10 percent among Republicans, compared to a 74 - 23 percent disapprov al in June, and 58 - 36 percent among independent voters, compared to a slig htly positive 49 - 45 percent in June, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-a ck) University poll finds. Voters split 48 - 46 percent on whether President Obama deserves reelect ion and say 49 - 34 percent they would vote for him over an unnamed Republica n. "The debt ceiling hullaballoo devastated President Barack Obama's numbers even i n true blue New York," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac Universi ty Polling Institute. "He just misses that magic 50 percent mark against a no-n ame Republican challenger." U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gets a 49 - 27 percent approval rating, down from h er all-time high 54 - 22 percent approval rating June 29. Senior Sen. Charles Schumer gets a 56 - 32 percent approval rating. From August 3 - 8, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,640 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points. Live interviewers call land line s and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts pu blic opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida , Ohio, Virginia and the nation as a public service and for research. For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582 -5201, or follow us on Twitter.

2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charles Schumer is handling his job a s United States Senator? Tot Approve Disapprove DK/NA 56% 32 12 Rep 33% 55 11 Dem 75% 13 12 Sub 52% 41 7 Ind 51% 38 11 Union HsHlds 57% 32 11 Men 50% 42 8 Wom 62% 23 15

UpStat NYC Approve Disapprove DK/NA 50% 36 14 66% 23 11

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charles Schumer is handling his j ob as United States Senator? (*High app also 69% Oct 2001) APPROVE....... High Low Aug 12 Jun 29 Jun 01 Apr 13 Feb 23 Dec 08 Apr 15

2011 Approve Disapprove DK/NA 56 32 12

2011 64 24 12

2011 60 28 12

2011 55 32 13

2011 60 26 14

2004* 69 16 15

1999 51 22 28

3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kirsten Gillibrand is handling her jo b as United States Senator? Tot Approve Disapprove DK/NA 49% 27 24 Rep 33% 41 26 Dem 64% 14 22 Sub 43% 36 20 Ind 43% 32 25 Union HsHlds 50% 28 21 Men 42% 36 21 Wom 55% 19 26

UpStat NYC Approve Disapprove DK/NA 48% 29 24 54% 21 26

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kirsten Gillibrand is handling he r job as United States Senator? (*High also 54% Feb 2011) APPROVE....... High Low Aug 12 Jun 29 Jun 01 Apr 13 Jan 27 Jun 29 Feb 17 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011* 2009 Approve Disapprove DK/NA 49 27 24 54 22 24 53 22 25 49 26 26 48 21 31 54 22 24 28 10 62

4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as P resident? Tot Approve Disapprove DK/NA 45% 49 6 Rep 10% 86 4 Dem 75% 19 6 Sub 40% 58 3 Ind 36% 58 6 Union HsHlds 46% 49 5 Men 38% 56 6 Wom 52% 43 6 Wht 35% 60 5 Blk 82% 14 4

UpStat NYC Approve Disapprove DK/NA 37% 56 6 57% 36 7

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?

APPROVE...... High Low Aug 12 Jun 29 Jun 01 Apr 13 Jan 27 Feb 19 Aug 12 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2009 2011 Approve Disapprove DK/NA 45 49 6 57 38 5 60 35 5 54 42 4 53 40 7 72 17 10 45 49 6

11. Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President... If the 2012 election for President were being held today, do you think you would vote for Barack Obama the Democratic candidate, or for the Republican candidate ? Tot Obama 49% Republican 34 DEPENDS ON CAND(VOL) 8 DK/NA 10 Rep 6% 80 8 6 Dem 85% 6 4 5 Sub 39% 41 10 10 Ind 38% 35 12 15 Union HsHlds 51% 34 7 8 Men 42% 39 8 11 Wom 56% 28 7 9

UpStat NYC Obama 40% Republican 42 DEPENDS ON CAND(VOL) 9 DK/NA 9 65% 20 5 10

TREND: Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President, If the 2012 election fo r President were being held today, do you think you would vote for Barack Obama the Democratic candidate, or for the Republican candidate? Aug 12 Jun 29 Jun 01 2011 2011 2011 Obama 49 Republican 34 DEPENDS ON CAND(VOL) 8 DK/NA 10 53 30 11 5 55 27 11 7

12. Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President... Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he d oes not deserve to be reelected? Tot Yes/Deserves No/Does not DK/NA 48% 46 6 Rep 7% 89 4 Dem 82% 14 4 Sub 39% Ind 38% 54 8 Union HsHlds 50% Men 40% 54 6 Wom 55% 39 6

UpStat NYC Yes/Deserves 39% 63%

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TREND: Looking ahead to the 2012 election for President, Do you feel that Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, or do you feel that he does not deserve to be r eelected? Aug 12 Jun 29 June 01 2011 2011 2011 Yes/Deserves No/Does not DK/NA 48 46 6 56 39 5 57 36 6

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