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Obama Gives Americans Low Marks for First Year

Washington, D.C., February 8, 2010

 

Americans are seen in an increasingly negative light by their president,

Barack Hussein Obama, according to a new Gallup poll, with 99%

of his fellow citizens failing to meet his expectations.

 

The latest polling of the president, conducted February 7, reveals that the

president does not disapprove of only 1% of his countrymen, down from

the 2% he did not disapprove of at the time of the last polling, November 11, 2008.

 

The results of the poll suggest that the traditional presidential “honeymoon”—

the early, harmonious period when a new president gives his fellow citizens

the benefit of the doubt, however serious his misgivings about them—is over.

 

Of the 99% of his fellow Americans of whom President Obama disapproves,

according to the poll, he “Somewhat Disapproves” of 16%; “Strongly Disapproves”

of 28%, and “Totally Disapproves” of 55%.

 

Of the 1% of Americans of whom the president does not disapprove, he gave his opinion

as being “Not Sure.”

 

And, according to some experts, prospects for a resurgence in the popularity of Americans

with Mr. Obama is poor: once the people lose the regard and good will of this president,

experts say, there is little or no chance of them making a comeback.

 

The Gallup poll surveyed one sworn-in, but un-vetted, president for a margin of error of +/- 0.0%.