Obama approval under 50 percent for the first time in a CNN poll

[mcablue]

Support for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan policy is fairly high, but that hasn't stopped his approval rating from dropping below 50 percent for the first time in a CNN poll.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national survey released Friday, 48 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama's doing as president, with 50 percent disapproving. The 48 percent approval is a 7 point drop in approval from last month.

"The poll indicates that the biggest drop in approval comes from non college educated white voters," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "That's one indication among many that Obama's growing unpopularity may be more related to unemployment and the poor economy."

In fact, six in ten Americans questioned say they favor Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to that country. Two-thirds also support his plan to start removing U.S. forces from Afghanistan in the summer of 2011 - although the poll indicates most Americans think that announcing that timetable in advance was a bad idea, and they are skeptical whether conditions in Afghanistan in 2011 will actually allow the U.S. to start drawing down troop levels.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/12/04/cnn-poll-obama-approval-under-50-percent/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+rss/cnn_politicalticker+(Blog:+Political+Ticker)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Gallup doesn't agree.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

[DJ13]

2. Its the holidays, why wouldnt a reaction to the lousy economy influence polls?

The MSM can keep up the pro-government propaganda that everything is improving all they want, its meaningless when families have lost their homes, jobs, and theres no money to spend on gifts.

Of course polls are going to fall, propaganda doesnt pay the bills.

[timeforpeace]

3. Once they drop below 50% they become useless.

[Karmadillo]

4. Agreed. Only when they are in the fifties or higher can they be relied upon.

nt

[FLyellowdog]

5. The only important thing is

what is MY approval rating? :shrug: