More than two-thirds of Americans rate the federal government's response to the oil spill off the Gulf Coast negatively — topping the number of those who said the same about Katrina soon after the hurricane, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.
Sixty-nine percent of the 1,004 adults polled nationwide held a negative view of the federal government's response to the spill; only 28 percent gave the government a positive rating.
Two weeks after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the same survey showed 62 percent of Americans held a negative view of the government response.
Democrats and Republicans are split in their views of the two disasters.
Asked about the oil spill, 56 percent of Democrats gave the government a negative rating while 81 percent of Republicans said the same.
Two weeks after Katrina, 79 percent of Democrats were displeased with the government's reaction compared to 41 percent of Republicans. - Politico Story
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