LANSING, MI -- For the first time more Michiganders approve of Gov. Rick Snyder than President Barack Obama, according to Michigan State University's Fall 2014 State of the State Survey released on Tuesday.

Michiganders will hear from both their state and national leaders on Tuesday during their respective annual addresses, Snyder's State of the State at 7 p.m. and Obama's State of the Union at 9 p.m.

The survey sampled 1,002 Michigan citizens between September 10 and November 6, 2014. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.09 percent.

Snyder's approval rating held relatively steady, going from 37.1 percent in the Spring 2014 survey to 37.9 percent in the Fall 2014 survey. The lowest his approval rating has ever been was in the Fall 2011 survey, when it hit 19.3 percent.

Michigan residents gave Obama a 34.8 percent approval rating in the Fall 2014 survey, down from the Spring 2014 survey. Survey director and Michigan State University Professor of Economics Charles Ballard said this is the Democratic president's lowest quarterly rating since fall 2010, when it was 32.7 percent.

"Despite an improving economy, the president's ratings have continued to sag," Ballard said. "Relatively weak ratings for the president probably contributed to the results of the midterm elections, in which Republicans won the governor's race and increased their majorities in both houses of the Michigan Legislature."

Both Snyder and Obama had their highest approval ratings amongst Michiganders when they first took office -- Obama with 70.7 percent in Winter of 2009 and Snyder with 44.5 percent in Winter of 2011.

In this most recent Fall 2014 survey, Snyder had higher approval ratings among whites and males. Obama had higher approval ratings amongst African Americans and women.

By party affiliation, 71.8 percent of Democrats said Obama was doing an "excellent" or "good" job while 68 percent of Republicans said Snyder was doing an "excellent" or "good" job. Snyder has a higher approval rating among independents, 38 to Obama's 23.9 percent.

Emily Lawler is a Capitol/Lansing business reporter for MLive. You can reach her at elawler@mlive.com, subscribe to her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter: @emilyjanelawler.