Poll: 45% approve of Obama's handling of the economy

[Jazzy]

As President Barack Obama prepares for the first State of the Union Address of his second term, one which will primarily be focused on economic issues, fewer than half of Americans (45 percent) approve of how he's handling the economy, while more (49 percent) disapprove.



Overall, Mr. Obama is performing better with 52 percent of Americans now approving of the job he is doing as President, while 38 percent disapprove.



Mr. Obama's approval rating has remained fairly constant over the past year, though it rose as high as 57 percent in December. Only 12 percent of Republicans approve; 86 percent of Democrats do. Just under half of independents approve.



On the other hand, the President enjoys particularly strong support for his handling of terrorism - 57 percent approve, while 31 percent disapprove.



Use of Drones



The practice of using unmanned drone aircrafts to attack suspected terrorists in foreign countries - a policy begun by the Bush Administration and expanded under President Obama - enjoys widespread and bipartisan support. Seven in 10 Americans favor using drones to attack suspected terrorists abroad, including most Republicans, Democrats, and independents.



Americans also support a more controversial measure, although in smaller numbers. Forty-nine percent of Americans favor the targeting and killing of U.S. citizens living abroad who are suspected of carrying out terrorist activities against the U.S.; 38 percent oppose that.

Source



Bet those 45% are welfare recipients paying no taxes, getting free hand outs, living and eating better than most working people do.

 

[Evil Eye]

Bet those 45% are welfare recipients paying no taxes, getting free hand outs, living and eating better than most working people do.

45% of your population can't possibly be on welfare.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

And just because you're on welfare does not mean you are living better than people who are employed..

 

[Geoffrey]

The 45% are the democrats. The other 45% is republicans, and the remaining 10% are the the ones who don't give a shit, aka the youth/young adults.



As far as the welfare comment, just wow. First of all, right, 45% of our population is not on welfare. Second of all, I approve of Obama and his policies (most anyways) and I'm not on any welfare other than college loans which I have to pay back - unlike actual welfare recipients.

 

[DrLeftover]

45% can't be on welfare?



Oh?



(and NOTE: this is NOT from those disgusting haters at fox)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- More than one in three Americans lived in households that received Medicaid, food stamps or other means-based government assistance in mid-2010, according to a new report.

And when Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits are included, nearly half of the nation lived in a household that received a government check, according to the analysis of third-quarter 2010 Census data done by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a libertarian-leaning think tank. That's more than 148 million Americans.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/07/news/economy/government_assistance/index.htm

 

[Geoffrey]

The statement that this 45% that approve of Obama is all on welfare is still false.

 

[Jazzy]

The statement that this 45% that approve of Obama is all on welfare is still false.

So, you're saying the census data is a lie? Can you prove them wrong?

 

[DrLeftover]

I don't care who approves of Mr. Obama or not.



I just documented the percentage of the American Population that is on some form of Government Assistance.

 

[Geoffrey]

So, you're saying the census data is a lie? Can you prove them wrong?

I approve of Obama and I'm not on welfare.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

So, you're saying the census data is a lie? Can you prove them wrong?

Where are you getting this census data from? 49% disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy, 45% approve. They didn't even mention who was on welfare or not.

 

[DrLeftover]

Here. Go play with the numbers all you want.



2012 Demographics



http://www.gallup.com/poll/154559/us-presidential-election-center.aspx

 

[Evil Eye]

45% can't be on welfare?



Oh?

45% received a government check.

Maybe they got a tax return, maybe some of them are civil servants. I imagine a government has plenty of reasons to hand out various checks.