CNN Poll: Majority Doesn't Trust Obama, Approval Rating Suffers Severe Drop Read Lat

[Geaux4it]

Now down to 41%

-Geaux

CNN Poll: Majority Doesn't Trust Obama, Approval Rating Plunges


http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-approval-all-time/2013/08/11/id/519821


For the first time in Obama's time in office, more than half of the public doesn’t feel that the president is honest and trustworthy, the CNN/ORC International poll showed.

Specifically, Obama's approval rating stands at 45 percent, down from 53 percent in mid-May, CNN reported. A shocking 54 percent of respondents told pollsters they disapprove of how Obama is handling his job. That was up 9 points in just a month.

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[waltky]

Who can ya trust?...

Summer Dystopia: 75% of Americans Unhappy with Nation’s Direction, But Don’t Trust Congress or Media Either
August 16, 2013 -– “Three-quarters of Americans are now dissatisfied with the nation’s course, up from 68 percent in July,” an August 12 Gallup poll found.

The Gallup results were echoed by a Rasmussen poll, which found that only 29 percent of likely voters believe “the country is heading in the right direction.” And Americans don’t trust Congress or the news media to help turn things around. “Confidence in the country’s direction” peaked the week just before Election Day and has been “gradually decreasing ever since,” Rasmussen reports. But public opinion on the performance of Congress is even more negative, according to the latest polling data. Pollsters report growing disapproval of President Obama’s handling of economic and national security issues, with only 45 percent of Americans currently approving of his job performance and 47 percent expressing their disapproval.

Obama’s approval rating on economic issues slid seven points to 35 percent, and his ratings on “taxes and the federal budget deficit” have dipped to the “lowest issue approval ratings of the nine total issues measured this month [August],” Gallup’s pollsters found. “Consumers remain more negative than positive about the U.S. economy on an absolute basis, although their confidence has gradually improved since the recession in 2008-2009,” Gallup reports. Meanwhile, the percentages of those who approve of “President Obama’s handling of national security are at their lowest level in over three years of weekly tracking,” with only 39 percent of likely voters willing to “rate the president’s handling of national security issues as good or excellent.”

Congress’ 14 percent approval ratings remain the lowest of all branches of government. Eighty-one percent of respondents expressed disapproval that is often attributed to the “divided party control of Congress.” But voters are not very happy with their own party representatives. Just “38% of Republican voters think the average Republican in Congress shares their views, while 45% of Democrats believe the average congressional Democrat is about the same as they are,” Rasmussen reports. In fact, 47 percent of likely voters believe that “a group of people randomly selected from a phone book could do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress,” according to anoher Rasmussen poll. Controversial rulings on Obamacare, gay marriage, and voting rights have taken their toll on the Supreme Court justices, who are not winning any popularity contests either.

Only “43 percent of Americans now approve of the Supreme Court” while 46 percent disapprove, according to Gallup, an approval rating that “stands nearly at an all-time low after some major decisions that included disappointments for both sides of the political aisle.” The public also ranks the media’s performance as poor, with 67 percent believing that “news reports are often inaccurate” and three-quarters saying that news organizations are biased, according to the PEW Research Center. However, in general the public supports the role of “news organizations as a check on political leaders,” with nearly 70 percent of Republicans, Democrats, and independents polling in favor of the media’s “watchdog role.”

- See more at: Summer Dystopia: 75% of Americans Unhappy with Nation?s Direction, But Don?t Trust Congress or Media Either | CNS News

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Public Disapproves of ‘Biased’ Reporting, But Supports Media’s ‘Watchdog Role’
August 15, 2013 -– Public opinion of news organizations’ reporting and overall performance is near at an all-time low, but paradoxically, the media’s role as government watchdog is garnering greater public support, according to a new poll by Pew Research Center.

The poll finds that the American public rates news organizations poorly for “performance on key measures such as accuracy, fairness and independence.” But the majority of those surveyed also “say the press acts as a watchdog by preventing political leaders from doing things that should not be done.” “Support for the media’s watchdog role has risen 10 points since 2011,” the telephone survey, which was conducted in July, reveals. Sixty-eight percent of the public say “news organizations’ criticism of political leaders keeps them from doing things that should not be done,” while only 21 percent say the Fourth Estate’s criticism is “keeping leaders from doing their job” – a sentiment shared across the political spectrum. “About equal majorities of Republicans (69%), independents (69%) and Democrats (67%) view news organizations as a check on political leaders,” the survey found. And an overwhelming 75 percent majority of the younger generation believes that “press prevents misbehavior by political leaders.”

However, the press' watchdog role is not accompanied by high levels of societal respect. The same poll also found that "while most say journalists play a more important role in helping people navigate the news, their contributions to society more generally are seen as far less significant – especially when compared with other professions." Sixty-seven percent believe “news reports are often inaccurate;” while only 26 percent “say news organizations get the facts straight.” In addition, “far more say news organizations focus on unimportant stories (65%) rather than on important ones (28%).” And 71 percent of the public also say “the press tries to cover up its mistakes.” Three quarters of respondents think news organizations “favor one side,” and an equal percentage are convinced that the media is “influenced by powerful people and organizations.”

Seventy-two percent of those polled “see news organizations in ideological terms,” with 46 percent deeming news organizations “liberal,” 26 percent “conservative,” and 19 percent neither. The majority of those who cite the Internet as their primary news source “are more likely to say news organizations are politically biased” than those who get most of their news from television, radio or newspapers. The poll also addresses the impact of ideological differences on negative attitudes toward the media. “Republicans are 16 points more likely than Democrats to say news stories are often inaccurate,” with 75 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of Democrats holding this belief.

And “far more Democrats say the press protects democracy (59%) than hurts democracy (27%). By contrast, as many Republicans say news organizations hurt (46%) as help (43%) democracy.” The public’s disapproval of the media’s performance mirrors their dissatisfaction with the direction of the country. According to the latest Gallup satisfaction poll, “Three-quarters of Americans are now dissatisfied with the nation’s course,” which is “on par with the lowest readings seen since early 2012.” Meanwhile, the approval ratings of President Obama and the U.S. Supreme Court have dropped to 44 and 43 percent, respectively.

- See more at: Pew Poll: Public Disapproves of ?Biased? Reporting, But Supports Media?s ?Watchdog Role? | CNS News

 

[RichardMissing]

the ones who feel the country is going in the right direction are generally the ones on welfare, go to the beach 5 times a week, use those EBTTEB cards (aka,free food) the ones on the same intelligence level of Obama-phone girl, and those who just come home from work/school and spend the next six hours on the web playing games. pretty much the 28/29% who think all is going well.

 

[bodecea]

Golly gee. Guess we won't be voting for Obama in 2016.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Golly gee. Guess we won't be voting for Obama in 2016.

U mad?

 

[R.C. Christian]

It doesn't take a silly poll to shine light on the fact that he was a complete waste of sperm.

 

[RichardMissing]

I recall Obama had 100% approval with the crickets in 2009, now its more like 14%. you can just by going to his latest 2013 rallies.

 

[The Rabbi]

Golly gee. Guess we won't be voting for Obama in 2016.

No but his party is up for election in 2014. How do you suppose that will turn out?

 

[RichardMissing]

when they take approval polls, how many of them are dead voters?

 

[OKTexas]

You can only lie so long before people figure out your game, too bad people didn't wake up two years ago.

 

[RichardMissing]

gallup should take this poll. who do u trust more? Obama, Hillary, A Shoe, Or that troll on the bridge from Monty Pythons Holy Grail.

 

[francoHFW]

Still twice as high as Pubs. It's a spike in "GOTCHA" by the media, but people will figure it out- except the hater dupes, of course...

 

[THORAX]

I don't trust these polls.

 

[francoHFW]

GOP doing a great job of making people sick and tired of gov't, btw. The weak minded mainly lol.

 

[RichardMissing]

so when was the last time an uniformed voter fainted from being in the front row of an Obama speech?

 

[squeeze berry]

Golly gee. Guess we won't be voting for Obama in 2016.

that's racist

 

[Geaux4it]

Golly gee. Guess we won't be voting for Obama in 2016.

that's racist

The egomaniac will probably re-write another law, then place himself on the throne in 2016.

3rd term baby lol

-Geaux

 

[auditor0007]

the ones who feel the country is going in the right direction are generally the ones on welfare, go to the beach 5 times a week, use those EBTTEB cards (aka,free food) the ones on the same intelligence level of Obama-phone girl, and those who just come home from work/school and spend the next six hours on the web playing games. pretty much the 28/29% who think all is going well.

Signed you up for the dupe squad. You've been accepted.