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Most Americans unhappy with Obama's approach on country's most divisive issues | Americans are largely unhappy with how President Barack Obama is handling the most divisive issues in the country,
an ominous sign for Democrats hoping to retain control of Congress in the fall elections, according to a new GfK Poll. According to The New York Post, a majority
of Americans voiced strong opposition to Obama's work with regard to the economy,
unemployment, federal deficits and terrorism. They were about evenly split over
his efforts on five issues and strongly approved of his direction on just one:
the U.S'. relationships with other countries. Most Americans, extremely concerned
about ten of the issues, have said they will vote for the Republican candidate
in their local House race. Only those highly interested in the environment leaned
toward the Democrats. By a three-to-one margin, more of highly opinionated people
strongly disapproved of the president's effort on the economy. More strongly disapproved
of Obama's actions by a 2-to-1 ratio on unemployment, 2-1 on health care, 6-1
on the deficit and 2-1 on terrorism. His performance on Afghanistan, taxes, immigration
and gas prices also drew strong disapproval. The only issue where most did not
strongly disapprove of Obama's work was education, on which they were closely
divided. They were also split over his handling of energy, Iraq, the environment
and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Republicans with the strongest opinions were
overwhelmingly critical of Obama on most issues, while the fiercest Democrats
were usually solidly supportive. Seventy-nine percent of the Republicans strongly
disapproved of Obama's efforts on the economic issue and one percent strongly
approved. The margin was much narrower among Democrats: 27 percent strongly approved
while 16 percent strongly disapproved. Looking at Independents who considered
an issue extremely or very important, more strongly disapproved than strongly
approved of Obama's handling of 12 of the 15 issues. This included mostly negative
views of Obama from independents on 10 of the 11 issues most frequently cited
by people as important, including the economy, unemployment and health care. |
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