(Week of 4/27/2013) After his first hundred days in office, in April, 2009, nearly six in ten Americans in the Economist/YouGov Poll approved of the way Barack Obama was handling his job. After his second hundred days, perceptions are not as good: 47% approve of how he is handling his job, and just as many disapprove.
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Sluggish economic growth since 2009 hasn’t helped. Then, perceptions may have been helped by the President’s honeymoon period with the country: one in four said the economy was getting better. Now, even though there has been improvement, that percentage hasn’t budged. Now, as then, just over a third think the economic situation is continuing to get worse.
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But the President is not the onlyWashington institution to look worse now than four years ago. Congress’ approval rating, which was just 23% four years ago, is barely half of that today.
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Economist/YouGov poll archives can be found here
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