Obama's Popularity Undiminished

April 28, 2009 12:28 PM | | Comments (0)

With nearly 100 days of policy-making under his belt, President Obama remains in sync with Americans on the issues and his personal popularity remains high, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll.

In the survey of 2,019 adults conducted April 23-26, 57 percent said Obama agrees with them "on the issues that matter most" to them, nearly even with the 60 percent that said that of Obama in a survey taken less than a week before he was elected president. As he has transitioned from promising policy to making it, Obama hasn't lost much support for his agenda. At the same time, his personal popularity is taking off, according to the poll.

Three-quarters of respondents said Obama "has the personality and leadership qualities a president should have" -- up from 66 percent during the survey taken from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1.

And, No. 44's overall approval rating stands at 63 percent, with 33 percent disapproval, according to the poll. That number is down from 76 percent in early February, but still well ahead of President George W. Bush's rating of 31 percent in a Jan. 12-15 poll.

The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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Categories: CNN/Opinion Research

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