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A new NBC/WSJ poll finds President Obama's approval rating has fallen 6 points since his reelection to 47 percent.
At the same time, his dispproval rating has ticked up 5 points to 48 percent, the poll found.
That puts him underwater for the first time since August last year, when an NBC/WSJ survey found him at 48 percent approval and 49 percent disapproval.
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The poll also found that 31 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction -- down from 41 percent last fall -- while 61 percent think the nation is headed in the wrong direction. That's up from 53 percent.
NBC/WSJ polled 1,000 adults between April 5 and April 8. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/04/poll-obama-approval-falls-points-161422.html?ml=bp
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)and start appeasing the American people.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)I think he's a mole
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)If you mess with people's basic necessities for survival, people bite back.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...soooo this poll is bullshite.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)The poll is about whether people feel like country is headed in the right direction.
Evidently people don't feel the proposed Social Security cuts are taking the country in the right direction.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...and I'm REASONABLY SURE the President does not think it is. BUT, he has been dealing with a congress UNPARALLED in its opposition to a sitting POTUS. There's WAY more than meets the eye here.
tblue
(16,350 posts)Really? A vigorous defense of Social Sec shouldn't be too much to ask of a Democratic president. If it is, then we have no chance at righting this ship.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...perhaps. But the present House of Representatives is a completely UNIQUE animal. Unparalleled.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)abandon in hopes that the Repubs will work with us?
I mean we already are right of center and a million miles from where we thought we were on election night 2008.
Just who won those last two elections anyway? Seems the Repubs post election game plan works better than ours.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Un-fucking-paralleled! Seriously... look it up.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)We already have the widest gap in wealth and the middle class is decimated. Giving more away is just plain stupid. We have everything to lose and nothing to gain as individual citizens.
CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)Just wait for the next "poll" ...
I have a feeling his approval level with continue to sink like a stone.
The sad part is that he did it all by himself too.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)I really hate to repeat myself, but I cannot pass judgment on present tactics until this has been drawn out. IF he signs a bill with Chained CPI, I will be his fiercest critic. Until then, I will reserve judgment.
Robb
(39,665 posts)I love polls.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)reaping what you sow.
too bad this is going to kneecap good Dems who are fighting for reelection in 2014. We'll likely lose the Senate. Oh well.
One of the 99
(2,280 posts)before the President released his budget proposal. So how could it measure for something that hadn't happened yet?
Joe Bacon
(5,163 posts)Wait for the next Debt ceiling fiasco where Obama gives the Republicans deeper budget cuts. And then see the sticker shock starting October 1st when people see how much health insurance is going to cost in the exchanges!
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)One of the 99
(2,280 posts)released his budget proposal. So how could it have anything to do with it?
Denzil_DC
(7,188 posts)The Politico article doesn't bless us with a link so we can look at the internals, but it does give us that much.
Looks like some folks learned nothing from last year's polling debacles.