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July 13, 2010 12:31 PM EDT
After 18 months into presidency, Barack Obama misses confidence of the majority of the people, according to the latest public opinion poll results released by Washington Post-ABC News on Tuesday.
Major economic issues facing the country such as housing industry problems and slow job growth have led to the drop in confidence, according to the poll.
Almost 60 percent of the voters are found to be lacking confidence in the president’s decision making and a vast majority is not happy with the way the economy is handled. When he came to power in the early 2008, nearly 60 percent expressed confidence in running the country.
But the poll finds confidence in Obama still higher compared with Democratic and Republican lawmakers before mid-term elections in November which are considered crucial for the rest of his term. Seven out 10 voters expressed lack of confidence on both the lawmakers.
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On the whole, 36 percent of the voters are found to be having nil or some confidence in the president, congressional Democrats and congressional Republicans. Confidence in independents is much lower in overall.
Nearly two-thirds of the poll participants expressed dissatisfaction or rather angry over the working style of the federal government. The poll finds 43 percent approving the job of the President regarding the economic recovery, while 54 percent of all Americans expressing disapproval.
The President received lowest ratings on federal budget deficit with 56 disapproving the way it was handled. On health-care reform and financial industry, the President got better approval. The President is approved by most of the voters on his duties as commander-in-chief.
The survey also finds growing anti-incumbent sentiment in the wake of losing confidence in the federal government, 62 percent are inclined to elect new representative in the House. Only 26 percent wanted to continue supporting the current representative.
With regard to economic recovery, only 25 percent feel economy improving while the vast majority thinks otherwise.
The poll of 1,288 people including interviews with 1,151 registered voters was conducted between July 7-11 and the results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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