Approval of president Barack Obama's handling of the U.S. economy has fallen to a new low of 26 per cent, according to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday in the aftermath of a bruising fight with Congress over federal spending.
Seventy one per cent of Americans said they disapproved of Obama's handling of the economy, up 11 per cent from mid-May, when Gallup last questioned people about the issue.
Approval of his handling of the economy fell by 11 per cent from 37 per cent in mid-May.
The president had similarly low approval ratings on other economic issues. Only 24 per cent of Americans approved of Obama's handling of the federal budget deficit, while 29 per cent approved of his efforts to create jobs.
The poll came two weeks after Congress and the president agreed on a deal to cut U.S. federal spending following a bitter political struggle that took the government to the brink of a potential default.
The president's overall job approval rating among voters questioned August 11-14 was 41 per cent, slightly lower than other polls conducted in August.
Approval for Obama's handling of the Afghanistan war was also sharply lower. His ratings have fallen by 15 per cent since mid-May, when they hit 53 per cent after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Since then, however, approval of his handling of Afghanistan has dropped to 38 per cent, possibly reflecting public reaction to the downing of a U.S. military helicopter in which 30 Americans were killed, most of them elite special operations forces, Gallup said.
The poll was based on 1,008 telephone interviews with U.S. adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 per cent.
Source : New Age
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