Quinnipiac’s national poll, out today:

After 199 days in office, President Barack Obama has a 50 – 42 percent job approval rating from American voters, down from 57 – 33 percent July 2 to its lowest level since Inauguration Day, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Voters disapprove 49 – 45 percent of the way the President is handling the economy and disapprove 52 – 39 percent of the way he is handling health care, but approve 52 – 38 percent of the way he is handling foreign policy. Independent voters split 45 – 45 percent in their overall approval of President Obama, down from 52 – 37 percent in a July 2 poll by the independent Quinnipiac University. Republicans disapprove 77 – 16 percent, while Democrats approve 85 – 9 percent.

They also asked a bit about the comments that led to last week’s “Beer Summit”:

Obama acted “stupidly” in the dispute between a black professor and a white police officer, American voters say 49 – 33 percent. White voters say 54 – 27 percent that he acted stupidly, while black voters disagree 61 – 16 percent. Hispanic voters split 42 – 43 percent.
By a 62 – 26 percent margin, voters say the President should not have intervened in this matter. Black voters split 44 – 42 percent on whether Obama should have intervened.