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CNN Poll: Drop in liberal support pushes Obama approval rating down<...>
According to the poll, the president's 45 percent approval rating is down three points from June. Fifty-four percent of people questioned disapprove of how Obama's handling his duties, up six points from last month. His 54 percent disapproval rating ties the all-time high in CNN polling that the president initially reached just before last year's midterm elections.
"But drill down into that number and you'll see signs of a stirring discontent on the left," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Thirty-eight percent say they disapprove because President Obama has been too liberal, but 13 percent say they disapprove of Obama because he has not been liberal enough - nearly double what it was in May, when the question was last asked, and the first time that number has hit double digits in Obama's presidency."
Looking at that figure another way, roughly one in four Americans who disapprove of the president say they feel that way because he's not been liberal enough.
Obama's approval rating among liberals has dropped to 71 percent, the lowest point in his presidency. And the number of Democrats who want the party to renominate Obama next year, now at 77 percent, is relatively robust by historical standards but is also down a bit since June.
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His overall approval dropped 9 points since May (when it was 54 percent). From the
PDF1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
Approve
July 18-20 45%
June 3-7 48%
May 24-26 54%
Question 43
Do you think the Democratic party should renominate Barack Obama as the party's candidate for
president in 2012, or do you think the Democratic party should nominate a different candidate
for president in 2012?
Base = Democrats
Renominate Obama
Total 77%
Democrat 81%
Independent 69%
Liberal 84%
Moderate 76%
Those are great numbers.
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