Americans want change that works

Published May 5, 2014 4:00am ET



There’s a lot for Democrats to worry about in the results of a Pew survey released Monday, especially indications that the public mood is similar to that in 2006, the year they took control of Congress in midterm elections.

Though President Obama‘s job approval rating (44 percent) is higher than former President George W. Bush‘s was at the same point in his presidency (35 percent), nearly two-thirds of Americans said they want the next president to offer different programs and policies from Obama’s — nearly mirroring the 70 percent who said that in April 2006.

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