Finally! WASHINGTON — Americans’ pessimism about the economy and its future is deepening, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and they are increasingly willing to hold President Obama responsible for hard times. Eight of 10 say the economy is in a recession, and nearly as many say it hasn’t improved over the past year. Even more ominous: Six in 10 predict the economy a year from now will be the same or worse than today, a downturn from the public’s views last year and the year before. Former president George W. Bush deserves a great deal of blame, 36% say, a decline of 7 percentage points since mid-2009, five months after he had left office. Twenty-four percent say Obama deserves a great deal of the blame, up 10 points since 2009. For the first time since he took office, a majority of Americans — including six in 10 independents — say he deserves a great deal or moderate amount of blame for the nation’s economic woes. “The blame-it-on-my-predecessor line is of decreasing help to an incumbent,” says political scientist William Mayer of Northeastern University. “It was perfectly fine when he took office, and even reasonable a year or two in, but eventually, increasingly, it becomes Obama’s economy. It won’t surprise me if by the time you get to the 2012 election Obama has overtaken Bush in that regard.”
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From USA Today: Poll: What kind of president would Donald Trump make? By Susan Page, USA TODAY April 26, 2011 WASHINGTON — Republicans may be ready for a fling with Donald Trump, but a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows they have reservations about installing him in the White House. The real estate developer and reality TV See the original post: Poll: Most Not Sure Trump Was Born In US
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Filed under: Democrats , Republicans , Polls , Poll Watch The number of states in which the Democrats had a 10-point or greater advantage in party affiliation dropped from 30 in 2008 to 14 last year. Most of those states moved into the competitive column.
Filed under: Poll Watch The Gallup survey found 45 percent of respondents said they would vote for Obama for a second term, compared with 45 percent saying they’d back “the Republican Party’s candidate.”
Filed under: Health Care , Polls , Poll Watch , Health Care Reform Forty-three percent of Americans believe the most important thing for the new Congress to deal with is job creation — compared to just 18 percent who say the top priority should be health care.
