As economy sputters, Obama's approval rating continues to sink

As economy sputters, Obama's approval rating continues to sink

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's job approval rating has plunged to a dismal 39 percent, the lowest of his presidency, as increasing numbers disapprove of his handling of the nation's ailing economy, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.

The low job-approval rating among registered voters, down from 44 percent last month, suggests enormous trouble for a president who faces re-election in 14 months.

The 52 percent who disapprove of Obama's performance represents the first time that number has climbed over 50 percent.

"These numbers could typically spell doom for an incumbent," poll director Lee Miringoff said.

Even the president's remedies for the economy are being received coolly. One-third approved and 61 percent disapproved of his handling of the economy.

Sixty-one percent said the worst was yet to come for the economy, while 64 percent said that Obama's $447 billion jobs plan, which he's been pushing hard for days, didn't go far enough.

The poll surveyed 1,042 adults — 825 of them registered voters — last Tuesday and Wednesday. The margin of error for the entire sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points; for registered voters, it's 3.5 percentage points.



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