It would appear from this Pew Research data that President Obama's support is more partisanly derived than any other president in recent history. The study finds thusly:
"For all of his hopes about bipartisanship, Barack Obama has the most polarized early job approval ratings of any president in the past four decades. The 61-point partisan gap in opinions about Obama's job performance is the result of a combination of high Democratic ratings for the president -- 88% job approval among Democrats -- and relatively low approval ratings among Republicans (27%)."
This would suggest to me what I've been saying all along: Obama's supporters are seeing what they want to see. Obama is not enjoying any sort of popularity based on objective factors (as much as objectivity can be present in gaging popularity) but is instead being viewed through heavily partisan blinders. One has to wonder, given the early events of his presidency, just how bad will it have to get before these blinders come off?
Read the study for yourself:
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1178/polarized-partisan-gap-in-obama-approval-historic
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