Obama's Approval Rating at Record Low with US Voters


Obama's Approval Rating at Record Low with US Voters

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - US President Barack Obama's approval ratings fell to an all-time low in a November 12 survey, with up to 52% of Americans saying for the first time that they believe he is not honest and trustworthy.

US President Barack Obama's popularity has slumped to an all-time low, with a majority of Americans for the first time believing him to be dishonest and untrustworthy, a new survey showed.

The respected Quinnipiac University Poll found that Obama's approval rating had nosedived to the level of unpopularity faced by Republican predecessor George W. Bush at the same stage of his presidency.

Overall, the poll said 54 percent disapproved of the job Obama was doing against 39 percent who approved, AFP reported.

The findings mark a significant downturn from an October 1 survey which put Obama's disapproval rating at 49 percent to 45 percent approval.

It caps a turbulent few weeks for Obama, whose administration has come under heavy fire for the chaotic roll-out of his signature health care legislation, the Affordable Care Act.

American voters had also reacted strongly against Obama's misstated pledge to allow voters to keep the health care plans they already had, the survey revealed.

"Like all new presidents, President Barack Obama had a honeymoon with American voters, with approval ratings in the high 50s," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"As the marriage wore on, he kept his job approval scores in the respectable, though not overwhelming 40s. Today for the first time it appears that 40 percent floor is cracking."

Malloy said the plunging approval amongst women voters was also a concern for Obama. Only 41 percent of women approved of the job he was doing against 51 percent who disapproved.

The survey indicated that most Americans remain deeply pessimistic about the effect the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare" as it has become known, will have on their health care choices.

Only 19 percent of voters expect the quality of care to improve in the next year as a result of the legislation, 43 percent expect it to get worse and 33 percent say it will make no difference.

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