Obama approval rating hits all-time low, according to poll

Obama approval rating hits all-time low, according to poll

The president's approval rating is hovering around 40 percent.  JENNIFER EPSTEIN

A new poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plummeted to a new low as talks to raise the debt ceiling stalled and the president stayed out of the public eye after a Monday night speech through early Friday.

The president’s average approval rating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 40 percent in Gallup’s daily tracking poll released on Friday. His approval rating averaged 46 percent in June, and was at about the same level for most of July.

Obama’s rating had last gone as low as 40 percent in Gallup’s daily poll, but not since April.

Among Democrats, his approval rating was 72 percent, while with independents it was at 34 percent and with Republicans it was 13 percent. During the last three weeks, Obama averaged a 79 percent approval rating with Democrats, 41 percent with independents and 12 percent among Republicans.

The poll was conducted July 26-28 and surveyed 1,463 adults. The error margin is plus or minus three percentage points.

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/148739/Obama-Approval-Drops-New-Low.aspx