POLL: Obama earns nation's trust - 66%. Also, Dems trusted more than Repugs.

[jefferson_dem]

Poll: Obama earns nation's trust
By ANDY BARR | 4/14/09 4:16 AM EDT

Three months into his presidency, Barack Obama stands out as perhaps the most trusted figure in American politics.

In a new Public Strategies Inc./POLITICO national survey of 1,000 registered voters, Obama outdistances figures on both the left and the right in earning the public’s trust, with two-thirds of respondents saying they trust the president “to identify the right solutions to the problems we face as a nation.”

Of those who said they trust the president, 31 percent said they trust him “a great deal.” An additional 35 percent said they have “some” trust that Obama will find the correct solution. Thirty-one percent said they trust Obama either “not very much” or “not at all.”

Voters were asked the same question of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Republican Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and the two major political parties. Among those choices, only the Democratic Party was trusted to find the right solutions by a majority of voters, 52 percent to 40 percent. Forty percent of those surveyed said they trusted the Republican Party, compared with 54 percent who did not trust the GOP.

Only 26 percent said they trust Pelosi, the lowest total in the group. Palin attracted the highest percentage of those who did not trust her at all to identify the right solutions, topping Pelosi 33 percent to 32 percent. Romney got a mixed reaction, with 38 percent of voters saying they trust him and 39 percent saying they don’t.

Obama also ranked as one of the most credible voices on the economy, outdistanced only by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Four in five voters find Gates credible “as a source of information on the U.S. economy,” topping the 71 percent who said the same of the president. Investor Warren Buffett ranked third, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke finished fourth.

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[rucky]

1. I totally trust Pelosi

She tells us what she's not going to do, then she goes ahead and doesn't do it.

[Political Heretic]

6. LOL

[denem]

2. Palin tops Pesoli !!!!

Palin attracted the highest percentage of those who did not trust her at all to identify the right solutions, topping Pelosi 33 percent to 32 percent.

A narrow victory, but I'll take it.

[LynnTheDem]

3. "Palin attracted the highest percentage of those who did not trust her at all to identify the right

solutions"

Hell, she can't even identiy the right problems. Or any magazines she reads.

But she can identify Putin's rearing head!

[Enthusiast]

4. Well, Putin has a large head.

:hi: :rofl:

[LynnTheDem]

5. It would have to be, for Palin' to be able to see it from her porch.

Republicans were always uptight & small-minded...but were they ever so damn dumb as they are now???



:hi:

[Enthusiast]

8. Nope, they have set every record for

dim bulbs.

[snowbear]

10. LOL!

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You rock Lynn! ~~

[Political Heretic]

7. This tells me that conscientious criticism of things we disagree with doesn't "hurt" Obama

as some have claimed....

We can both be honest in our praise and criticism and the country will continue to stand behind the right people (given the options).

[ClarkUSA]

9. Good news.