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Obama's Approval at 62%; Government Less Popular

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 11, 2009 4:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Though opinions of the government vary, most Americans continue to have a favorable view of President Obama, Fox News reports. In a new poll, 62% of respondents approve of the job Obama is doing; 31% disapprove. 64% like the president as a person. But on the administration’s takeover of General Motors and handling of the economy, the country divides along party lines.

62% of Democrats approve of intervening in GM’s affairs, while 72% of Republicans think the government should have steered clear. As for the takeover itself, 79% of GOP respondents disapprove, to 39% of Dems. The partisan divide extends to Americans’ thinking about the economy in general. While 50% of Democrats think things are getting better, just 27% of Republicans share that optimism.

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One.
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One.   (AP Photo)
A Hummer, left, is on display next to a Cadillac, right, at a General Motors dealership.
A Hummer, left, is on display next to a Cadillac, right, at a General Motors dealership.   (AP Photo)
President Barack Obama.
President Barack Obama.   (AP Photo)
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FORREAL
Jun 12, 2009 12:53 PM CDT
oh i forgot rajankazhmin you and all the radicals are the only one with an opinion. i didn't say get along just agree to disagree. idiot. no wonder
Reader65069154
Jun 12, 2009 12:33 PM CDT
Indeed. Dada and Loptout must either both be 12 or having really bad days.
rajanKazhmin
Jun 12, 2009 12:27 PM CDT
NOBODY HAS TIME FOR YOUR HIPPIE LETS ALL GET ALONG EVEN IF WE DISAGREE BS SO TAKE THAT TO THE BANK AND SMOKE IT JAG OFF!!!!?!@#!@#!!

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