Quinnipiac: Obama Job Approval at 57%

New Quinnipiac University poll (June 23-29, 3,063 RV, MoE +/- 1.8%) shows President Obama's job approval rating at 57% (down two points from June) and his disapproval rating at 33% (up two points from June). While these numbers remain healthy, Assistant poll director Peter Brown says they also contain some worrying signs for Obama:

"Those who liked President Obama the most from the start - African-Americans, Democrats, women - still like him by the same margins, but a chunk of voters who were undecided have decided he's not their cup of tea," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Among independents, men, white Catholics, white evangelical Christians and Republicans, his numbers have fallen. He still has a ways to go before his coalition becomes politically unstable, but there are some groups and issues - especially the economy - where he needs to make sure this trend does not continue."

Overall, Obama's job approval rating in the updated RCP Average stands at 59.3%.

Other notables from the poll: 32% say the country is better off since Obama was election, 30% say the country is worse off, and 27% say it remains the same. 18% say Obama is performing "better than expected" as President, 14% say "worse than expected" and a clear majority 64% say he is doing "about as expected."

Obama's approval rating on handling the economy is at 52%, on foreign policy 55%, and on health care only 46%.  Lastly, 54% approve of the President's nominatin of Sonio Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.



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