AP: Nation losing confidence in Obama; approval plummets all the way down to 57%

[BurtWorm]

:eyes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_poll

Fri Aug 21, 5:49 am ET
WASHINGTON – A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack Obama.

The Washington Post-ABC News survey found that less that half of Americans — 49 percent — say they believe the president will make the right decisions for the country. That's down from 60 percent at the 100-day mark of the Obama presidency.

The poll published Friday says Obama's overall approval is 57 percent, 12 points lower than it was at its peak in April. Fifty-three percent disapprove of the way he's handling the budget deficit and his approval on health care continues to deteriorate.

The national survey was conducted Aug. 13-17 and has a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

[LeftishBrit]

1. If Gordon Brown had 57% approval, he would think he'd died and gone to heaven.

[BurtWorm]

2. It's a slow news month at AP, apparently.

The only thing going on is that boring health care reform shit. Might as well spin a poll as direly as spinning will allow.

[Arkana]

3. BARACK OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING PLUMMETS TO 85%

THIS IS DOWN FROM 89% TWO MONTHS AGO, DANCE, MY PUPPETS, DANCE!!!!

[charlie]

4. Down to Reagan numbers

And he was the bestest, brightest, most popular president in the history of the republic. Too bad popularity isn't a real measure of popularity for non-Republicans.

[babylonsister]

5. AP-what a bunch of losers. More proof they aren't unbiased, as if

we needed any.

[onehandle]

6. Impeach Bush!

Wait... Who are we talking about?

[WI_DEM]

7. The media is fixated on polls. They don't report anymore they conduct polls for there stories

with misleading questions. BTW, 57% is damn good considering what he has to deal with economically and the different factions within the health care debate.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. 'Pubs reduced politics to just a game. Polls are the scoreboard.

Go team.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. So, how are them Republicans doing in comparison?

Not so well as I recall. :eyes:

BTW what's really all that wrong with 57%? He won with 53% so even after everything he's still has a gain of 4% since the election and the next election is not set for 3 years anyway, so no need to worry.