Most Americans think the economy is still bad and that President Obama is doing a poor job handling it.

With unemployment at 6.6 percent, and only that low because millions of frustrated, jobless workers have left the labor force entirely, issues that consume media attention — like whether a shop-owner should be forced to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple — will inevitably fade in importance compared to the economy when voters go to the polls in November.

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