The latest survey from the Washington Post-ABC News was released on Monday and it had nothing but bad news for President Obama. A majority of Americans disapprove of the way he is handling the economy and energy policy with a record number of people who said they “Strongly Disapprove”.
The poll found that 50 percent of those surveyed strongly disapprove of Obama’s economic performance — the highest in the poll’s history. A total of 59 percent gave the president negative marks on the economy.
Rising gasoline prices are highly to blame for some of the negative feeling towards the President. 65 percent said they found Obama’s handling of the issue unsatisfactory. Of that number, 52 percent were said to “disapprove strongly” and only 14 percent “approve strongly” of Obama’s energy policy.
President Obama wasn’t just getting poor marks for his handling of those specific issues. Sixty-three percent of Americans gave him negative marks on the country’s budget deficit, while just 16 percent strongly approved of his work in that area. Asked about the White House’s energy policy, 48 percent disapproved with Obama’s performance.
The only issue where he wasn’t faring negatively was in foreign policy. The numbers were evenly split on his handling of the war in Afghanistan.
Regarding the president’s overall job performance, 50 percent said they were unhappy with Obama and 39 percent strongly disapproved of his performance, while just 28 percent strongly agreed that he was doing a good job.
The survey asked respondents who they would vote for if the election were held today and 47% said President Obama while 49% said Mitt Romney . If the choice were between Obama and Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum Obama held a three point advantage.
How do you feel about President Obama’s performance to date? Would you vote to reelect him?
