WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (CNN): As President Obama marks one year in the White House, an average of the most recent national surveys indicates that just over half of the public approves of how the president is handling his job.
According to a new CNN Poll of Polls, 51 per cent of Americans give Obama a thumbs-up when it comes to his performance as president, with 42 per cent saying they disapprove of the job he's doing. The survey was released Wednesday, the one-year anniversary of Obama's inauguration.
"Obama's average approval rating stayed above 60 per cent until mid-June, and was at 55 per cent as late as October," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "But since November, his weekly approval rating, on average, has hovered around the 50 per cent mark."
This most recent CNN Poll of Polls is an average of four national surveys conducted in the past week: Fox News (January 12-13), ABC/Washington Post (January 12-15), CBS (January 14-15) and the Gallup Tracking poll (January 15-17). The Poll of Polls does not have a sampling error.
51pc approve of Obama after first year
FE Team | Published: January 21, 2010 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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