http://www.personalliberty.com/news/americans-increasingly-disagree-with-obamas-policies-polls-show-19422910/A pair of new opinion polls has found President Obama’s policy ratings among Americans are slipping, though he remains personally popular.
The first survey, released by the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation on Oct. 20 suggests 51 percent of respondents disagree with Obama on main issues. This marks the first time a majority has expressed such opinion since he took office last January.
However, the poll also found that two-thirds of Americans have a positive opinion about his personal qualities.
"This president might be shaping up to be a little like Ronald Reagan, where people actually didn’t often agree with [his] ideas, but they loved the guy," said Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN contributor, quoted by the news provider.
Meanwhile, the poll prepared by Gallup suggest Obama’s job approval ratings averaged 53 percent in the third quarter, down from the average of over 60 percent during his first two quarters in office.
Gallup says the president’s ratings were the highest on Jan. 21, 2009—the day of his inauguration—when 69 percent of Americans expressed their approval of him.
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