Pew Research has put together a neat interactive chart featuring the top 20 used to describe President Barack Obama in April compared with the frequency of respondents using those words last September.
Some big changes:
* On the plus side for the President, people are now more likely to describe him as “intelligent” and “good”, and far less likely to describe him as “inexperienced.”
* On the down side (in the eyes of most), the President is far less likely to have the word “change” associated with him, while “socialist” has become a much more popular description of him.
Whatever words are used to describe President Obama, his 67% approval rating suggests people are generally supportive of him. It will be interesting to see Pew’s findings later this year and into the 2010 midterm elections.
For related Situationist posts, see The Situation of Voting for Obama and Stereotype Lift – The Obama Effect.
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