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Defend America on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:08:26 PM
Poll: Obama approval dips below 50 percent
By Mark Murray
Deputy political director
NBC News
updated 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON
- For much of his first year in office, President Barack Obama has
largely defied political gravity in the midst of skyrocketing
unemployment, an ambitious legislative agenda and wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
His
approval rating remained above 50 percent, a plurality viewed his party
positively, and even the number believing the country was on the right
track — despite the bad news — temporarily spiked during his first few
months on the job.
But
now nearing the end of his first year in office, the economy, the wars
and the legislative skirmishes finally have taken a toll on the
president and his party, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street
Journal poll.
...
For the first time, Obama’s overall job approval rating has fallen
below 50 percent (to 47 percent). In addition, for the first time since
Sept. 2007, a plurality (45 percent) sees the Democratic Party in a
negative light. And the percentage believing the country is on the
wrong track (55 percent) is at its highest level in the Obama
presidency.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34451672/ns/politics-white_house/