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Barack Obama's Handling of the Economy

Last Updated: 3/30/10

Do you approve/disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy?

Some of the polls included in the average may be outdated since the latest poll for each of the pollsters are averaged in.

Pollster	Date	Approve	Disapprove
AVERAGE		43.1%	52.0%
CNN ORC	3/25-28/10	44	55
ABC Washington Post	3/23-26/10	45	52
AP GFK	3/3-8/10	46	48
USA Today Gallup	2/1-3/10	36	61
NBC WSJ	1/10-14/10	43	49
Quinnipiac	1/5-11/10	41	54
CBS	1/6-10/10	41	47
American Research Group	12/17-20/09	45	52
FOX	12/8-9/09	45	52
Bloomberg	12/3-7/09	45	50

Question Wording by Pollster

CNN ORC

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?"

ABC Washington Post

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy?"

AP GFK

"And please tell me if you approve, disapprove or neither approve nor disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling each of the following issues. How about [see below]?" If unsure: "If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approving or disapproving of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy"?

USA Today Gallup

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?"

NBC WSJ

"Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job that Barack Obama is doing in handling the economy?"

Quinnipiac

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?"

CBS

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?"

American Research Group

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?

FOX

"Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing on the following issues? The economy."

Bloomberg

Do you approve or disapprove of the job he is doing with the economy?"

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