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Obama Job Approval Hits . . . 40 Percent in Latest AP Poll
Does anyone else hear a quacking sound coming from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Take it away, AP:
Asked about world trouble spots:
42 percent say the conflict between Israel and Hamas is “very” or “extremely” important to them; 60 percent disapprove of the way Obama has handled it.
40 percent consider the situation in Afghanistan highly important; 60 percent disapprove of Obama’s handling of it.
38 percent give high importance to the conflict in Ukraine; 57 percent disapprove of what Obama has done about that.
38 percent find the situation in Iraq of pressing importance; 57 percent disapprove of Obama’s handling of it.
Opinion of Obama’s foreign policy has slid nearly as low as his overall approval rating.
Just 43 percent were OK with the president’s handling of foreign relations in the new poll, while 40 percent approved how he’s doing his job overall. AP-GfK polls in March and May show a similar picture.
Talk about burying the lede! Obama’s approval rating hit 40 percent in the AP poll! And in a likely related note . . .
Remember How Americans Were Going to Warm Up to Obamacare?
Yeah, not so much:
Even after survey after survey has recently shown a major drop in the nation’s uninsured rate, Obamacare just had its worst month in a key health-care poll.
Kaiser Family Foundation, which has done arguably the best and most consistent polling on the health-care law in the past four-plus years, found that public opinion on the law sank to a record low in July. More people than ever (53 percent) last month said they viewed the law unfavorably, an increase of 8 percentage points since June — one of the biggest opinion swings ever.
Was this an unusual sample? Or is reality setting in?
As the foundation notes, more people seemingly made up their minds about the law last month. The rate of those without an opinion on the Affordable Care Act dropped from 16 percent in June to 11 percent in July.