From Pew Research. The most accurate pollster when combining the last two election cycles.
Headlines: Approval rating down to 44%. Disapproval up to 48%. A drop from an 11-point lead over a generic Republican to a one point lead.
Maybe the public is tired of the dragged out "crisis." Or maybe it's that they consider unemployment to be more important than the budget deficit. Or maybe they're turned off by Obama's "leadership."
http://people-press.org/...
Currently, 41% of registered voters say they would like to see Barack Obama reelected, while 40% say they would prefer to see a Republican candidate win in 2012. In May, Obama held an 11-point lead.
This shift is driven by a steep drop-off in support for Obama among independents. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted July 20-24 among 1,501 adults and 1,205 registered voters finds that just 31% of independent voters want to see Obama reelected, down from 42% in May and 40% in March. Where Obama held a slim 7-point edge among independent registered voters two months ago, a generic Republican holds an 8-point edge today.
This is consistent with a drop in Obama’s approval among all independents. Currently, a majority (54%) disapprove of Obama’s performance for the first time in his presidency. His approval among independents has slipped to 36% from 42% last month and 49% in late May.
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