Barack Obama still poll-worthy

Calcutta News.Net
Thursday 2nd July, 2009

Latest opinion polls on Barack Obama suggest he is still popular with the American public.

Despite the weak economy and the US jobless rate, which has moved up to 9.5 percent, he still continues to hold public support

President Obama has acknowledged the disappointing jobs report but has urged Americans to wait patiently for the economy to improve.

Speaking at the White House, he said: "It took years for us to get into this mess and it will take us more than a few months to turn it around."

Poll figures show President Obama still has a job approval rating of around 57 percent, a drop of 8-10 points among some key voting groups since the last poll in early June.

His disapproval rating is in the 31-37 percent range.

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