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Friday, October 4, 2013

New Poll: Obama's Shutdown Negatives Higher Than President Clinton's

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As non-essential parts of the federal government remain closed, 70% of Americans view the shutdown as a crisis or a major problem, even higher than the 56% saying the same at the height of the last shutdown in 1995.

Leaders looking to gain ground in public opinion are not succeeding. A majority of Americans report feeling more negatively about the Republican and Democratic congressional leadership since the shutdown began, as well as about President Barack Obama. The negative reactions toward Obama are higher than Gallup recorded toward President Bill Clinton during the 1995 shutdown, while they are about the same toward the Republican leaders in Congress. Gallup did not ask about the Democratic leaders in 1995.













President Obama's Shutdown Negatives Higher Than President Clinton's
A majority of Americans, 57%, say they now view President Obama more negatively as a result of the shutdown, while 28% see him more positively. By contrast, during the December 1995 shutdown, 49% of Americans viewed Clinton more negatively and 35% more positively. Clinton's overall approval rating would tumble to 42% by the end of the 1995-96 shutdown, but rebounded later in 1996.

Among top U.S. political figures, there are no winners in the budget standoff, at least in the early days of the shutdown. The public sees Republican and Democratic congressional leaders, as well as the president, more negatively as a consequence of the budget impasse.  (Full Story at Gallup)

Latest Obama Job approval in Gallup:

GALLUP DAILY

Oct 1-3, 2013 – Updates daily at 1 p.m. ET; reflects one-day change
41%    -3

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's about time the American people wake up and smell the coffee!!!