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by Mark Silva
At this juncture where unemployment is nearing 10 percent but a recession that started in December 2007 may be ending with the report this week of Gross Domestic Product on the rise again, who is more responsible for the state of the economy today, President Barack Obama or former President George W. Bush?
58 percent say Bush.
18 percent say Obama.
What's this? The result of a new poll from MSNBC or The Daily Kos? Nope, it's from a poll run by:
FOX News.
Now, Democrats, of course, are far more likely to blame Bush than Republicans are, the FOX survey finds. But it is the self-styled independent voters surveyed -- who blame Bush over Obama by a margin of about six to onewho tip the balance of the findings of this poll. More in the survey say they personally are worse off this year than they were last year than those who say they are better off, the poll finds, and most blame Bush for the current state of the ecoomy.
For some time now, Obama has been talking about the "mess'' that he inherited. Lately, he's been asking people to help him "mop" it up. And he has joked that critics accuse him of using a "socialst mop.'' The White House, we all know, has been at odds with FOX News over its alleged "bias,'' but they're lkely to like the findings of FOX's survey about who is responsible for the mess -- if not some of the other findings:
The FOX poll also has found what others have found: A nation divided on many fronts, particularly on the question of how well Obama is doing as president. Nearly half of Americans surveyed -- 48 percent -- say Obama is meeting or exceeding expectations, down from 66 percent who said so in March. And nearly half -- 47 percent -- say he is falling below their expectations -- twice the number (23 percent) in March.
Forty-four percent of Americans surveyed say Obama is keeping more promises than he is breaking. Almost as many -- 39 percent -- think he is breaking more promises.
Half of all Americans surveyed approve of the overall job Obama is doing and 41 percent disapprovethat's pretty much what a Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll released this week found: 51 percent job approval. The Gallup daily track today has Obama's job approval at 53, having run at 50 and the low 50s for some time.
In the FOX poll, 56 percent of voters are satisfied with what Obama has accomplished so far, down from 69 percent in April. While 42 percent of Americans think the country is better off today than it was a year ago, 43 percent say the country is worse off.
In addition, more people say they personally are worse off financially (41 percent) than those who say they are better off compared to last year (27 percent). One-third of Americans say their financial situation hasn't changed (33 percent).
And by a "a wide 58 percent to 18 percent margin,'' the public continues to blame former President George W. Bush for the current state of the economy rather than Obama, FOX reports of its survey conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corp., a poll of 900 registered voters run Oct. 27-28 carrying a possible 3 percentage point margin of error.
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