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Obama’s Approval Rating Matches Two-Year Low, Poll Shows
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Sep 26, 2013 07:41pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | JONATHAN MARTIN and ALLISON KOPICKI |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Thursday, September 26, 2013 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "President Obama’s standing with Americans has slumped significantly, as the public remains skeptical about his health care law and unsure about the economy, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Forty-nine percent of the public disapproves of Mr. Obama’s job performance, and 43 percent approves, matching his worst measures in two years, the poll shows. Only 30 percent of Americans believe he cares “a lot” about their needs and problems, a figure that has fallen steadily from early in his first term.
Across the board — on foreign policy, including Syria and Iran; the economy; health care; and the federal budget deficit — more Americans disapprove than approve of the president’s performance.
Mr. Obama is being hurt by a public that has grown sour in the face of what people see as a stagnating economy: two-thirds of Americans say the country is on the wrong track, the highest number since early in 2012. And with Washington locked in yet another contentious debate over government spending, people are showing signs of exasperation about their elected leaders’ inability to reconcile their differences." |
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