Republicans an out of touch party of stuffy old men: Poll
20 March 2013 7:34 AM IST
For the first time since September, President Barack Obama’s approval rating has dipped below 50 per cent even as a majority of Americans views opposition Republicans as an ‘out of touch’ party of ‘stuffy old men.’
Half of the people surveyed in a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday said they disapprove of the job Obama’s doing in the White House. The president’s stand on the issues and the glaring spotlight in recent months on fiscal and budget issues are contributing to the drop in his overall numbers, the poll found.
The expected partisan divide was evident in the poll with Democrats overwhelmingly approving of the president and Republicans overwhelmingly disapproving. Obama had a 41 per cent approval and 53 per cent disapproval among independent voters. 47 percent said they approve of the job Obama's doing in office, down eight points since the start of the year, with 50 percent saying they disapprove.
That's up seven points from January and it's the highest that number has been in over a year.
By a 57 per cent-42 percent margin, those surveyed said Obama has the personal qualities a president should have.
‘Americans still respond positively to the president's personal characteristics - it's his stands on the issues that they disagree with,’ said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
‘Fewer than a third approve of how the president is handling the government's budget and fiscal policies, and the White House's 'charm offensive' has not registered with the American public,’ he said referring to Obama's recent efforts to reach out to the Republicans.
The poll also found that 54 per cent of Americans have an unfavourable view of the Republican Party, with less than three in ten saying they view it in a favourable light. Just over two-thirds of those questioned in the survey said the Republican Party favours the rich and nearly half think the Republican party’s policies are too extreme.
‘US WILL NOT ACCEPT NORTH KOREA AS NUCLEAR STATE’
The US will not accept North Korea as a nuclear power, the White House asserted as the Pentagon took steps along with its regional allies to thwart off any misadventure from Pyongyang.
‘The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will we stand by while it seeks to develop a nuclear-armed missile that can target the United States,’ the White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney told reporters on Monday. The US, he said, announced last week to beef up its missile defense system in view of the increasing threat from North Korea.
‘We continue to work with all of our allies and partners on this issue to pressure and isolate North Korea, to make clear to North Korea what its options are and how it needs to proceed in order to rejoin the world,’ he said.
Half of the people surveyed in a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday said they disapprove of the job Obama’s doing in the White House. The president’s stand on the issues and the glaring spotlight in recent months on fiscal and budget issues are contributing to the drop in his overall numbers, the poll found.
The expected partisan divide was evident in the poll with Democrats overwhelmingly approving of the president and Republicans overwhelmingly disapproving. Obama had a 41 per cent approval and 53 per cent disapproval among independent voters. 47 percent said they approve of the job Obama's doing in office, down eight points since the start of the year, with 50 percent saying they disapprove.
That's up seven points from January and it's the highest that number has been in over a year.
By a 57 per cent-42 percent margin, those surveyed said Obama has the personal qualities a president should have.
‘Americans still respond positively to the president's personal characteristics - it's his stands on the issues that they disagree with,’ said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
‘Fewer than a third approve of how the president is handling the government's budget and fiscal policies, and the White House's 'charm offensive' has not registered with the American public,’ he said referring to Obama's recent efforts to reach out to the Republicans.
The poll also found that 54 per cent of Americans have an unfavourable view of the Republican Party, with less than three in ten saying they view it in a favourable light. Just over two-thirds of those questioned in the survey said the Republican Party favours the rich and nearly half think the Republican party’s policies are too extreme.
‘US WILL NOT ACCEPT NORTH KOREA AS NUCLEAR STATE’
The US will not accept North Korea as a nuclear power, the White House asserted as the Pentagon took steps along with its regional allies to thwart off any misadventure from Pyongyang.
‘The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will we stand by while it seeks to develop a nuclear-armed missile that can target the United States,’ the White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney told reporters on Monday. The US, he said, announced last week to beef up its missile defense system in view of the increasing threat from North Korea.
‘We continue to work with all of our allies and partners on this issue to pressure and isolate North Korea, to make clear to North Korea what its options are and how it needs to proceed in order to rejoin the world,’ he said.
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