Pew: Obama Approval at 49%

Pew Research's latest survey shows President Obama's job approval rating at 49% - unchanged from its last poll in November. Forty-two percent disapprove of the job Obama is doing, up two points from November.

Broken down by party, Pew's numbers show Independents contining to sour on the President, with just 39% approving of the job he is doing - an all time low. Democrats remain hugely in favor of Obama (84%), while just 15% of  Republicans say they approve of the President.

Overall, Obama's job approval rating is 47.7% in the RCP National Average - an all time low.

On specific issues Obama has lost majority support on all but one according to Pew:

Immigration 30
Budget Deficit 32
Health Care 38
Economy 42
Foreign Policy 44
Iraq 45
Afghanistan 45
Energy 45
Terrorism 51

Pew points out that the Christmas Day terror attack did not hurt Obama's image in any measurable way, and he still is viewed favorably as a person by a majority of those surveyed despite the fact his policy related ratings declined steadily last year and are now at all time lows.

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