Compromise turns away some Obama supporters

Published September 1, 2011 4:00am ET



Roughly 66 percent of people who voted for Obama in 2008 approve of the job he is doing as president, according to a new poll sponsored by the progressive nonprofit, MoveOn.org. 

The poll found 27 percent of Obama’s 2008 supporters now disapprove of the president’s job performance — and of those, 63 percent say their disappointment stems from Obama’s willingness to compromise with Republicans, while nearly 30 percent say the president’s policies are too liberal. The remaining respondents checked off “not sure” when asked why they don’t approve of Obama’s job in office. 

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