Poll finds Obama’s approval rating is stable
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President Obama’s approval rating remains at less than a majority, but the good news for the White House is that it seems to have leveled off, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
According to the poll, 46% of those surveyed said they approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president, while 43% said they did not approve. Eleven percent said they were undecided.
That was unchanged from Dec. 9 but down from Obama’s highest approval rating of 59% in March.
“President Barack Obama’s job approval remains below 50 percent, but for now has stabilized,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a comment posted on its website. “The president continues to have sizable gender, racial and age gaps in his support, and smaller income gaps.”
On issues, poll respondents said they believe, 59% to 34%, that the Earth is getting warmer. Among those who said they believe in global warming, 57% said they believe it is caused by human activity.
Respondents split evenly at 40% on approval/disapproval of how Obama has handled global warming issues.
Respondents said they approved of how Obama conducted foreign policy, 46% to 44%. On Afghanistan, they said they approved of the president’s handling of the eight-year war by 47% to 43%.
The poll surveyed 1,616 registered voters between Dec. 15 to 20 had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
-- Michael Muskal
