Americans see little prospect that President Barack Obama and Congress can get much done beyond keeping the government open for the next few months. A Bloomberg National Poll finds 78 percent of respondents say the political gridlock in Washington will hurt the nation’s economy in 2014. Large majorities say they […] Read more »
Obama Gets Little Credit for Economy From Most in Poll
President Barack Obama gets little credit from the public for economic progress under his watch as his job approval has plummeted to a new low of 42 percent in the Bloomberg National Poll. Americans by 50 percent to 45 percent say improvements in the unemployment rate would have happened regardless of […] Read more »
Can the economy rescue Obama from Obamacare?
The fate of President Obama’s second term is emerging as a battle between improving news about the economy and souring views of his signature health care law. A year-end USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll chronicles what a drag the Affordable Care Act has become on Obama’s reputation, helping to drive […] Read more »
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama ends year on low note
A year that began with President Barack Obama riding high after his re-election victory is ending with him in the biggest hole of his presidency. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that more Americans disapprove of the president’s job performance than ever before; half say they’re either disappointed […] Read more »
Obama Sees a Rebound in His Approval Ratings
President Obama’s approval ratings, which hit his all-time low last month, have returned to where they were before the rollout of the health care law’s enrollment process, but Americans still lack confidence in the White House’s management of the Affordable Care Act, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News […] Read more »
Views of Obamacare improve, but are still negative overall
Ten days after the Obama administration’s deadline to fix the glitches with its troubled HealthCare.gov website, most Americans (58 percent) dont think the signup for the new health care exchanges is going well, but more than a third – 36 percent — think it is improving, according to a new […] Read more »