Three new national polls came out recently showing President Obama’s approval ratings falling to the low 40% range, which puts them at or near the lowest of his presidency. The drop in support came in the wake of a series of bad news, including the VA scandal, the ongoing IRS […] Read more »
Fewer Support Iraq Withdrawal Decision Now vs. 2011
More than three if five Americans (61%) still support President Barack Obama’s 2011 decision to remove nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq — a move that congressional critics and former Bush administration officials have heavily scrutinized as Iraq falls into crisis. However, public support for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters say Obama ‘disengaged,’ US losing its standing
A majority of voters describes President Obama’s leadership as “disengaged,” and almost all continue to believe the nation’s reputation is declining, according to the latest Fox News poll. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Is this Obama’s ‘malaise’ moment?
Malaise is back. President Barack Obama’s situation is getting perilously close to President Jimmy Carter’s in 1979. … Americans become deeply disturbed if they see events spinning out of control and their elected leaders incapable of managing them. That was the perception that doomed Carter. It is now becoming a […] Read more »
President Obama reaches new low on Iraq
President Obama receives his worst marks yet for handling the situation in Iraq, with 52 percent disapproving and strong negative sentiment now outpacing strong approval by 2 to 1 (34 to 17 percent) in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. CONT. Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Poll Finds Criticism of Obama on Iraq Despite Agreement on Ground Forces
More Americans disapprove than approve of Barack Obama’s response to the situation in Iraq, even while the public broadly agrees with his decision not to send U.S. combat forces there. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll marks the difficulties Obama faces in crafting a popular response to the deepening crisis. […] Read more »