Americans Turn on Washington, 68% Say Wrong Track in Poll

[Purveyor]

By Mike Dorning - Sep 25, 2013

As the U.S. heads toward a potential government shutdown or default, the public is more alienated from Washington than at any time since the aftermath of the 2011 downgrade of the nation’s credit rating.

President Barack Obama’s 47 percent favorability rating and the 34 percent positive reading for Republicans are the worst ever for both in the Bloomberg National Poll, which began in 2009. The 44 percent approval rating of the Democratic Party is at a two-year low.

Obama’s 45 percent job-approval rating is the lowest since September 2011, a month after a partisan showdown over lifting the debt ceiling brought the U.S. to the brink of default.

Americans also are pessimistic about the course of the country, with 68 percent saying it’s headed in the wrong direction, the most in two years, according to the poll of 1,000 adults conducted Sept. 20-23.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-25/americans-turn-on-washington-68-say-wrong-track-in-poll.html

[JoePhilly]

1. I like to look at trends, here's a nice graph.

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/us-right-direction-wrong-track

[leftstreet]

2. I thought 150% of 'Liberal Democrats' approve of Obama

I read it here

[madokie]

3. I'd like to see how they word the questions

[Old and In the Way]

4. Democrats can easily grow their favorables by getting back to their FDR roots.

Extremist policies advocated by one side demands extremist policies by the other.

We ought to be talking Single Payer, large scale infrastructure projects - roads/water/sewer, environmental, decentralized renewable energy' and targeted urban renewal, public transportation alternatives, etc.

A Party with a vision to a better future beats a Party determined to drag us back to the Dark Ages, hands down.