U.S. President's Approval Rating Sinks to New Low

Edited by Juan Leandro
2013-11-02 16:44:15

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Washington, November 2 (RHC), U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval rating has declined to an all-time low, amid deep and widespread dissatisfaction with U.S. political system and the nation’s direction, according to a new survey.

For the first time since Obama emerged as a national political candidate, more Americans now view him negatively than positively, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll

The polls says that just 42 percent of Americans approve of the president’s job performance, which is down five points from early October, while 51 percent disapprove of his job in office -- an all-time high.

And for the first time in the survey, even Obama’s personal ratings are upside-down, with 45 percent viewing him negatively and 41 percent viewing him a favorably.

Barack Obama’s lower poll standings are attributed to a number of setbacks since the summer, including allegations of spying by the National Security
Agency, the debate over military action in Syria, the government shutdown and now intense scrutiny over the problems with the federal healthcare law.

The survey of 800 Americans captured an extraordinarily deep and widespread public disapproval for the two major political parties, the parties' leaders and the state of politics in the nation's capital.

A majority of Americans also said they belonged to neither party, a rarity in decades of Journal/NBC polling, while 30 percent said they would prefer an independent or third-party candidate for Congress.

Optimism about the US system of government is at 30 percent, the lowest in 40 years. Just 29 percent said their congressional representatives deserved re-election -- also a new low, while nearly three-quarters said Congress was contributing to the problems in Washington instead of working to solve them.


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  • David Wade, Ph.D.'s gravatar
    David Wade, Ph.D.
    02/11/2013 08:56 pm

    Yes, US citizens are finally waking up to the fact that their government does not work in their best interests, but only in the interests of the international capitalist ruling class. They have bankrupted the US economy, and stolen the wealth of the people. As a result, the current form of US government has less than 20 years remaining before it implodes. All empires have their expiration dates, and the USA is no exception.


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