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NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After a spirited speech to Congress and presenting his jobs bill President Obama starts the fall with the same approval ratings he had at the end of the summer. This month, exactly the same as in August, just one-third of Americans (32%) give the president positive ratings on the overall job he is doing while two-thirds (68%) give him negative ratings.
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Less than two in five Americans likely to vote for President Obama if election were held today
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After weeks of bad economic news and battling Congress over the debt ceiling and deficit discussions, President Obama is heading off for a little vacation time with his family to end the summer. Unfortunately, he is also ending the summer with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency so far. This month, just one-third of Americans (32%) give the president positive ratings on the overall job he is doing while two-thirds (68%) give him negative ratings. Last month, almost two in five (38%) gave the president positive marks while 62% gave him negative ones.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- As President Obama prepares to bid goodbye to 2010, he ends the year with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. Almost two-thirds of Americans (64%) give him negative ratings for the overall job he is doing while 36% give him positive ratings. This is down from November when 38% of Americans gave President Obama positive ratings and 62% gave him negative ones.
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After a difficult summer and a contentious fall, President Obama's job-approval ratings are showing signs of improvement -- a crucial indicator of his re-election chances as he seeks to overcome voters' doubts about his economic stewardship.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that Americans are still broadly disapproving of Obama's handling of the economy and jobs, the top issues, but that views of his overall performance have recovered among key groups, including independents, young adults and seniors.
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Facebook and other social media tools viewed as having greater political impact than in-person advocacy
WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new national poll of America's 18 to 29 year olds by Harvard's Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, now finds a majority of Millennials (55%) approve of the job performance of President Barack Obama, a rise of six percentage points from IOP polling conducted last October. The President's job approval rating among students on four-year college campuses - now 60% - increased even more (nine percentage points) over the same period.
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President Barack Obama's approval ratings continue to flag because of the painfully slow pace of the economic recovery, rising oil prices and the nation's involvement in Libya, a new Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As President Obama ends his summer, his approval ratings end the summer almost unchanged from when it began. Two in five Americans (40%) give the president positive ratings for the overall job he is doing while three in five (60%) give him negative ratings. In June, 39% of U.S. adults gave the president positive ratings and 61% gave him negative marks.
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President Obama 's newest job approval ratings: 32 percent, give him a thumbs up, "unfortunately ending the summer with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency," says Regina Corso of Harris Poll, which tallied the dismal numbers. More than two-thirds give Mr. Obama a negative review; see all the findings in the Poll du Jour at column's end.
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George W. Bush has provoked the widest partisan differences in popular evaluations of a president's performance ever observed in the nearly seven deca...
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Hillary Clinton Scores Highest, 19 Points Above Obama
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Clarus Poll of "news watchers" - a nationwide survey of registered voters who say they follow the news "closely" or "very closely" - finds that the job approval ratings of President Obama, his top aides and Cabinet officials have fallen considerably during the past seven months.