Reuters/Ipsos poll: Obama approval hits new low, but Republicans catch blame too
President Barack Obama’s approval rating sank to a new low of 45 percent, while his disapproval rating rose to 52 percent, according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll. It was the first time more Americans disapproved than approved of Obama in an Ipsos poll since he became president.
But Republicans had little to crow about because they were blamed more than Democrats for Washington being broken, according to the August national poll.
Among registered voters the readings were about even when looking ahead to the November midterm elections, with 46 percent likely to vote for Republican candidates and 45 percent for Democrats.
Unemployment topped the list of economic worries with 92 percent of those surveyed expressing concern. The unemployment rate in June and July was 9.5 percent.
“Ninety-two percent, that’s a very, very high number,” Ipsos pollster Cliff Young said. “We’re seeing (an interest in) a jobs agenda that we haven’t seen in almost two decades.”
Of those surveyed, 62 percent believe the country is on the wrong track.
And 78 percent believe Washington was not working effectively because of fighting between the parties, for which 36 percent blamed Republicans, 28 percent blamed Democrats and another 28 percent blamed both parties. Since late February, the biggest shift has been the increase in the number of people blaming both parties.
The media seems to be running the country. The people can’t think for themselves or look for both sides of the picture. Proof positive that the school system is a disaster. Some of those candidates sound like reincarnations from the middle ages. Can you see Rand Paul or McDonnell negotiating with Iran?
Go ahead. Vote the clowns in and see what happens. Obama is not only brilliant; he is a statesman. The majority of the country obviously cannot see that. He could do incredible things for the country if he were not being maligned and the subject of intense bigotry and racism. The world is laughing at America. But since America thinks they are the only country in the world, they just blunder along.