Obama approval falls below 50 percent in key demographic groups

Published August 31, 2009 4:00am ET



Gallup has released its latest breakdown of the president’s weekly job approval rating, and for the first time, Barack Obama’s approval rating has fallen below 50 percent among some formerly-solid demographic groups.

Among men, Obama is now at 47 percent, falling from 53 percent four weeks ago. (Among women, Obama still has a narrow majority of support, at 53 percent, down from 59 percent a month ago.)

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