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Barack Obama’s second year in office has polarized the US as a 68 point gap divides the two major political camps in the country over his performance, a recent Gallup poll shows.
In fact, no president since President Dwight Eisenhower, over 50 years ago, has had a more polarizing second year than Obama.
Results revealed that 81 percent of Democrats and only 13 percent of Republicans have expressed their approval of the condition, indicating a whopping 68 point approval gap between the two parties.
The poll linked Obama’s disapproval rating to the poorly performing economy, adding that “the other presidents with low second-year averages also took office during difficult economic times,” reports Newsroom America.
Two years into President Obama’s presidency, he has failed to deliver on a significant number of his campaign slogans including upending the lobbying culture in Washington, bolstering the US economy, and bringing transparency to Washington.
“[Obama] completely ignored the fact that the country is mired in a grinding recession, with basically 25 percent — one in four Americans — out of work or working at a part time job… and he talked about the country having broken the back of the recession as though it’s over,” Dave Lindorff – author and investigative journalist – told Press TV in an exclusive interview.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -17 (see trends).
The president’s Approval Index ratings have fallen nine points since Monday as the crisis in Egypt unfolds. Most of the decline comes from a fall in the number who Strongly Approve of the president’s performance (30% on Monday, 23% now). However, for the first time since mid-December, the number who Strongly Disapprove has moved back over the 40% mark for five straight days. The Strongly Disapprove total had been above 40% for most of 2010 but fell to the high-30s after the president and Senate Republicans reached a deal to extend the Bush Administration
Wild Thing’s comment……..
I really believe all that BS about his being the comeback kid was media hype. No way did he have a comeback not a serious one.
And for all you liberals that lurk and read this blog. YOUR president is the worst president our country has ever had and his hate for our country and guess what for YOU too abounds. You are simply a tool to vote for him and nothing else. Wake up and look at the things he has done that are seriously going to change your life, your income, your taxes, and your FREEDOM.
We all warned you and you would not listen. His associations alone should have been enough to make you run not walk away from this anti-American muslim.
What are the reasons 81% of Democrats still support this one man catastrophe? He has done so much harm that it will take decades to repair the damage. I guess Democrats like Marxist, racist, muslims who hate America.
Give it time, as soon as oil prices go up and more people are laid off and more welfare checks are written on an empty balance sheet. His numbers will be below the basement.
Tom, I think your right, it has to be either the very far left and also the kind you mentioned that still think he is so wonderful.
Mark, good reminder, your right, that will wake up some more people as to how bad he is.