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Friday, April 9, 2010

Obama Policies Not Selling in US

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 29% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14. (see trends).

Today’s Approval Index rating shows that perceptions of the President have changed little since passage of the health care legislation and a positive report on job creation. On the morning that the health care legislation passed, the President’s Approval Index rating was at -16. Last Friday, just before the announcement of the largest net job creation figures in three years, the President’s Approval Index rating was at -10. Consumer and investor confidence. bounced in the days following the jobs report but that bounce has disappeared.

Fifty-five percent (55%) oppose the President’s new policy prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons in response to chemical or biological attacks on the United States. Fifty-three percent (53%) oppose a reduction in the in the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal. The president signed a treaty yesterday with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev pledging a near one-third reduction in the nuclear weapons arsenals of both countries. Just 31% of voters trust Russia to honor the new agreement.

- Rasmussen Reports Poll

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