President Obama

The public’s grade for the job President Obama is doing (as found by Gallup) is 47%/45%. This is better than only one of the 5 previous two-term Presidents at this point in their second term. The list of 6 follows:





54% disagree with Obama on the issues that mean the most to them. This is the highest level of disagreement since 55% expressed that sentiment in October 2010. [CNN/ORC 3/13]

In February the NBC/WSJ survey found 51% disapproving of Obama’s performance on the economy. A month later 52% had the same view.

In March the public trusted Obama, rather than the Republicans in Congress, to do a better job of handling the economy (44% to 40%); handling immigration issues (45% to 39%); and handling gun control (42% to 41%). [WP/ABC 3/13]

Positive feelings toward President Obama have dropped by 17 points over the last four years, and negative feelings have grown by 26 points. There has been little change in either measure over the last two years.



When asked whether the President or the Democratic or Republican Parties most emphasized unifying the country in a bipartisan way, 48% said Obama, 37% said the Democratic Party, and 22% said the Republican Party. [NBC/WSJ 2/13]

42% say that Obama is “doing enough to cooperate” with Republicans in Congress, while 56% say he is not doing enough. 26% believe that the Republicans are doing enough to cooperate with Obama, while 70% say they are not doing enough. [CNN/ORC]

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