Fewer respondents believe that their president inspires hope and has made progress in bringing change to America.
As Barack Obama marks his first anniversary as president, only three-in-ten Americans are ready to grant him another term in office, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,003 American adults, 30 per cent of respondents think Obama deserves to be re-elected as president in 2012, while two-in-five (39%) disagree and one third (32%) are not sure.
The proportion of Democrats who think Obama deserves a new term as president stands at 57 per cent, while only 21 per cent of Independents would give Obama a new mandate at this point.
Messages
While a majority of Americans continue to believe in some of the messages and principles that Obama campaigned upon, there is a clear drop in perceptions on specific issues.
About half of Americans believe Obama has both worked across party lines to get things done (49%, -3 since November) and made progress in bringing change to America (48%, -8). Two other messages that saw a decline this month were Obama embodying a new brand of politics (55%, -10) and Obama inspiring hope (55%, -6).
Expectations and Accomplishments
As was the case in November—when the first anniversary of Obama’s victory was observed—about half of Americans believe their President has performed in the same manner as they expected (47%), while 36 per cent think he has done worse, and 11 per cent say he has been better.
The needle did not move much on the area of accomplishments since November, with 45 per cent of Americans saying it is too early to judge what Obama has done, 40 per cent claiming that the U.S. President has accomplished little, and nine per cent stating that he has done much.
The Nobel Peace Prize
A majority of Americans (54%) believe Obama did not deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize last year, while 20 per cent think the award was justified.
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After the time that he has spent in the white house. I still support him knowing what a mess it was when Bush left. He is struggling though to say the least.
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it seems that people think they know alot about what Obama has done so far. the guy has been in office for only a year, not to mention that he came in when the States are in one of its biggest deficits ever because of Bush. one year is not nearly enough time t pass judgement on the guy. because of his nationality and the way that he soared to the top people expect him to do things faster than his possible for him. his admisistration HAS done alot of things since his presidency started. people say that he isnt inspiring people as much as before yet he is constantly appearing to give speeches across the country. the reason we have the government that we do is becasue democracy is a process. and processes take time. cut him a break the mans done better than bush ever did. would u like him back instead??
Yet according to polls releases earlier this week if the election were held today Obama would still handily defeat McCain, Palin, Romney, or ANY OTHER Republican likely to run.
So far it looks like more of the same to me, but it is still early and I am still optimistic that Obama will do what’s right for America.
I feel bad for Obama because he’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. He forces these changes and the fat cats on Wall Street decide to rip this countries financial system apart again to try and show they have the power. Fox News, O’Reilly, Beck, everybody bashes Obama for it and blames him for the collapse or a socialist agenda. He does what he’s doing now, trying to keep everyone happy and all of it a bit more balanced and everyone still does the same thing to him.
Obumbler needs to stop trying to make people so happy and start doing what is best for the country, and I don’t mean his crazy health care idea that will cost us another trillion dollars. A trillion bucks to stimulate jobs. What happens when the money runs out and we have to pay it back? Oh yes, he won’t be in office for that so the next president can take the blame for the high taxes we will be paying for his spending spree. He promissed unemployment would be 8% and now it’s over 10%. Where are all of the jobs we were promised? He talks about global warming or climate change or whatever they are choosing to call it today, so now he wants to tax us to death with cap and trade. Cap and trade? How does cap and trade help people get back to work or pay down all of the money that he spent on turtle tunnels and such? He’s only been in office for one year, where will we be in 3 more years? At this rate we will be begging on the street for tax money to pay for police protection. Personally, I’m suprised that he gets a 30% vote.