A new USA Today/Gallup poll details how much support Americans have for President Obama's action on seven specific actions. The public is most supportive of his decisions to name special envoys to oversee the administration's efforts in the Middle East, and Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to tighten rules on people working as lobbyists either before or after serving in his administration. Both of these moves are favored by 76 percent of Americans. Those surveyed were not nearly as supportive of Obama's actions to limit the interrogation methods that can be used on military prisoners -- actions designed to ensure the United States does not resort to torture to find out information from prisoners. Seventy-four percent of Americans favor that decision, the same percentage who favor his executive order to institute higher fuel efficiency standards.
Americans Approve of Most Obama Actions to Date
Two in three Americans approve of his signing a bill to make it easier for workers to sue for pay discrimination, the first legislation he has signed into law as president. However, more Americans said they disapprove, 50 percent, than approve, 44 percent, of his decision to close Guantanamo Bay prison fwithin a year. And Obama's decision, via executive order, to reverse the prohibition on funding for overseas family-planning providers may be the least popular thing he has done so far. Fifty-eight percent of Americans disapprove of the decision to lift this ban, while only 35 percent approve. Ronald Reagan put the ban in place; it was lifted by Bill Clinton and re-instituted by George W. Bush. The abortion and Guantanamo Bay prison decisions are especially unpopular among Republicans; only 8 percent approve of the former and 11 percent of the latter. But these are also the least popular decisions among independents and Democrats as well, though a majority of Democrats still approve of both.
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