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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Poll: Economic worries flatten Obama’s “bin Laden bounce”
American voters’ worries about the economy have helped flatten the “bin Laden bounce” that President Barack Obama received after the killing of the terrorist, according to an independent national Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
Overall, voters were divided on Democrat Obama’s performance, with 47 percent approving and 46 percent disapproving. That’s down from 52 percent approval and 40 percent disapproval on May 5, shortly after bin Laden’s killing by Navy Seals.
Voters are down on Obama’s handling of the economy, with 58 percent disapproving and 36 percent approving.
Voters by a narrow margin - 43 percent - trust House Republicans more than Obama - 41 percent - to handle the economy. That’s the reverse of things in May when Obama led, 46-37 percent, on this question.
Still, there were glimmers of hope for the president, gearing up for re-election next year. Among independent voters, his approval was slightly positive - 46 percent approve, 43 percent disapprove.
Democrats approved the president’s performance, 83-11 percent, while Republicans turned thumbs down, 82-13 percent.
“What should worry the White House is that 78 percent of voters think the country is in a recession and the number of voters who think a recovery has begun has dropped from 54-43 percent in Jan. 18 Quinnipiac University poll to a negative 45-52 percent today,” Peter Brown, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute assistant director, said in a press release.
In other poll findings, voters:
*Said by a 55-12 percent margin that they sympathize more with Israelis than Palestinians.
*Were cool toward U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Libya, with just 40 percent saying the U.S. is doing the right thing in Afghanistan and only 35 percent saying the country is doing the right thing in Libya.
*Trust Obama - 44 percent - slightly more than congressional Republicans - 40 percent - on Medicare.
The poll was taken May 31 to Monday, June 6 with 1,946 registered voters nationwide and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points. Live interviewers surveyed voters over land lines and cell phones.
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