According to Byron York at the Washington Examiner, President Obama’s job approval rating is below 50 percent in 37 states, ranging from a 26 percent rating in Utah to a 49 percent rating in Michigan. In key swing states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine, Oregon, Iowa, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Mr. Obama's approval rating rests between 44 and 49 percent. This information runs contrary to a skewed PEW Research Poll from Thursday that listed

Barack Obama with a 10 point lead over Mitt Romney nationwide. More recent polls that line up with the job approval rating data come from the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll that has Mitt Romney with a narrow 2 point national advantage, and the Gallup Poll, which has Barack Obama with the same narrow 2 point national advantage.