Americans give Barack Obama mixed marks on three prominent issues he’s touted in his bid for re-election, with no scores above 50 percent on the auto industry bailout, greater regulation of financial institutions or – most basic – the administration’s economic stimulus program.
Middling ratings on each of these suggest some of the president’s challenges in the campaign, now officially under way. While he’s substantially more popular personally than the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, Obama is vulnerable on key issues.
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This ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Americans divide almost exactly evenly on the administration’s economic stimulus program, with 47 percent seeing it favorably overall, 48 percent unfavorably. It’s a bit better for Obama on the auto industry loans, 50-43 percent, and financial industry regulation, 49-44 percent. But none of these reaches majority favorability, and the intensity of sentiment on the stimulus is much more strongly negative than positive.
PARTISANSHIP – Obama has cited his performance on these issues, among others, in making his case for re-election. But this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds responses sharply divided by political allegiance and ideological preference.
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