Obama approval rating hits all time low of 38 per cent

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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Barack Obama's approval rating has plummeted to 38 per cent - an all time low for the beleaguered President.

Despite NATO successes in Libya, the latest Gallup poll results show the President continuing to loose ground among voters.

The news came after it emerged whites and women are a re-election problem for Obama, along with his traditional base of younger voters and liberals.

Unpopular: Poll numbers indicate the President has slipped to an all time low 38 per cent approval rating

Unpopular: Poll numbers indicate the President has slipped to an all time low 38 per cent approval rating

All four demographics are important constituencies that helped him win the White House in 2008 and whose support he'll need to keep it next year.

The plummeting support comes just days after a U.S. led NATO bombing campaign in Libya helped rebels seize the country's capital Tripoli from Colonel Gaddafi's forces.

An analysis of Associated Press-GfK polls, including the latest survey released last week, shows that Obama has lost ground among all those groups since he took office.

The review points to his vulnerabilities and probable leading targets of his campaign as he seeks to assemble a coalition diverse enough to help him win re-election in tough economic times.

In his victory over Arizona Senator John McCain, Obama cobbled together a base of support from across the political spectrum by wooing Democratic loyalists as well as independents and first-time voters.

This time, Obama's team is working to build voter outreach organizations and reconnect with supporters in hopes of expanding his pool of voters.

The nation's high unemployment is weighing on Obama, dragging down his marks for handling the economy.

His overall standing has slid, too, after a difficult summer marked by contentious negotiations over the country's borrowing limit, a downgrade of the nation's credit rating and concerns about the U.S. falling into another economic recession.

Results: The Gallup poll shows the plummeting approval rating for the President since March

Results: The Gallup poll shows the plummeting approval rating for the President since March

The GfK poll shows that 46 percent now approve of how he's doing his job, down from 52 percent in June.

Obama will have to win over people such as Brian Arnold, 33, of Pickerington, Ohio. He's an independent who voted for Obama in 2008 because he liked the Democrat's outsider image.

Now, Arnold says he's undecided and down on Obama.

'He got elected, it was a big party and after that he went back to being a politician. As soon as he got in office, he just did more of the same.'

The outlook is negative for Obama among white voters in the Midwest and West, regions where so many electoral votes are at stake.

More than 6 in 10 white voters who did not graduate say the president deserves to be voted from office, while 53 percent of white college graduates say as much.




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