Americans are split over whether they think President Obama has been successful in the White House.
Fifty percent of Americans say Obama’s time in the White House has been a success, compared to 47 percent who think it has been a failure, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
Compared to his predecessors, Obama is right in the middle. After six years in office, 39 percent considered George W. Bush’s presidency a success, compared to 55 percent who said failure. In January 1999, 77 percent called Bill Clinton’s time in office a success, compared to 20 percent who said failure.
Americans are also split on how they feel about the way things in the country are going. Fifty-three percent say things are going well, compared to 46 percent saying it is going badly. However, this is a noticeable turnaround since shortly after Obama took office. In February 2009, 21 percent of Americans said things in the country were going well, compared to 79 percent who said badly.
The telephone-based survey of 1,009 adults was done March 13-15 with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
