Gallup: Obama's Approval at 47 Percent on Economy, 44 Percent on Health Care

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

BARACK OBAMA

Whoa: Gallup offers a bit of a game-changer as Obama gets ready for a health-care-heavy prime-time news conference tomorrow night: "As the debate over healthcare reform intensifies, the latest USA Today/Gallup poll finds that more Americans disapprove (50%) than approve (44%) of the way U.S. President Barack Obama is handling healthcare policy. There is a tremendous partisan gap in these views, with 74% of Democrats but only 11% of Republicans approving. Independents are more likely to disapprove than to approve of Obama's work on healthcare," with 40 percent approving, 55 percent disapproving.

He's in dramatically worse shape across the board in Gallup's latest numbers, with his approval on the economy at 47 percent (49 percent disapprove!), taxes at 45 percent (48 percent disapprove!), and the deficit at 41 percent (55 percent disapprove!).

07/21 03:29 PM Share