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President Obama and the Obama Administration

Time Poll conducted by Abt SRBI. June 10-11, 2013. N=805 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.

"And do you approve or disapprove of the job President Obama is doing in the following areas? ..."

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%

	"Handling the economy"
	6/10-11/13	42	53	5
	7/27-28/09	51	44	5

	"Handling foreign policy"
	6/10-11/13	49	41	11

	"Handling the war in Afghanistan"
	6/10-11/13	50	41	9

	"Reducing the threat of terrorism in the United States"
	6/10-11/13	56	36	7

	"Handling immigration policy"
	6/10-11/13	44	45	11

Gallup Poll. June 1-4, 2013. N=1,529 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.

"Overall, how would you rate the ethical standards of top Obama administration officials -- as excellent, good, not good, or poor?"

		Excellent	Good	Not good	Poor	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	6/1-4/13	8	42	17	32	2

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation involving the IRS?"

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	6/1-4/13	32	58	10

CBS News/New York Times Poll. May 31-June 4, 2013. N=1,022 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/31 - 6/4/13	45	39	16
	4/24-28/13	45	38	17
	3/20-24/13	43	37	19
	2/6-10/13	48	31	21
	1/11-15/13	49	36	15
	12/12-16/12	51	32	17
	10/25-28/12	47	41	12
	9/8-12/12	50	36	15
	8/22-26/12	45	35	20
	7/11-16/12	41	42	17
	4/13-17/12	46	36	18
	3/7-11/12	40	41	19
	2/8-13/12	50	36	14
	1/12-17/12	48	35	17
	1/4-8/12	46	37	17
	12/5-7/11	41	41	18
	11/6-10/11	45	41	14
	10/19-24/11	50	31	19
	6/3-7/11	47	37	16
	3/18-21/11	47	36	17
	2/11-14/11	46	33	21
	1/15-19/11	46	32	22
	11/29 - 12/2/10	40	45	15
	11/7-10/10	46	37	17
	7/9-12/10	44	41	15
	4/28 - 5/2/10	48	38	14
	2/5-10/10	47	34	19
	1/14-17/10	49	38	13
	11/13-16/09	50	36	14
	10/5-8/09	48	28	24
	7/24-28/09	54	24	22
	7/9-12/09	53	30	17
	6/12-16/09	59	23	18
	4/22-26/09	59	23	18
	4/1-5/09	59	19	22
	2/18-22/09	57	17	26
	2/2-4/09	50	15	35

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/31 - 6/4/13	44	50	6
	4/24-28/13	41	52	7
	3/20-24/13	39	54	7
	2/6-10/13	45	49	6
	1/11-15/13	46	49	5
	12/12-16/12	47	47	6
	10/25-28/12	46	47	7
	9/8-12/12	45	47	8
	8/22-26/12	39	54	7
	7/11-16/12	39	55	6
	4/13-17/12	44	48	7
	3/7-11/12	39	54	7
	2/8-13/12	44	50	6
	1/12-17/12	40	54	6
	1/4-8/12	38	55	7
	12/5-7/11	33	60	7
	11/6-10/11	34	60	6
	10/19-24/11	38	56	6
	9/28 - 10/2/11	35	53	12
	9/10-15/11	34	57	9
	6/24-28/11	39	52	9
	6/3-7/11	37	56	7
	4/15-20/11	38	57	5
	3/18-21/11	39	53	8
	2/11-14/11	42	50	8
	1/15-19/11	41	52	7
	11/29 - 12/2/10	43	50	7
	11/7-10/10	40	53	7
	10/21-26/10	42	50	8
	10/1-5/10	38	50	12
	9/10-14/10	41	51	8
	8/20-24/10	44	48	8
	7/9-12/10	40	54	6
	6/16-20/10	45	48	7
	5/20-24/10	43	48	9
	4/28 - 5/2/10	48	47	5
	4/5-12/10	43	46	11
	3/29 - 4/1/10	42	50	8
	3/18-21/10	45	45	10
	2/5-10/10	42	52	6
	1/14-17/10	46	48	6
	1/6-10/10	41	47	12
	12/4-8/09	47	43	10
	11/13-16/09	49	43	8
	10/5-8/09	54	38	8
	9/19-23/09	50	40	10
	8/27-31/09	53	41	6
	7/24-28/09	51	41	8
	7/9-12/09	48	44	8
	6/12-16/09	57	35	8
	5/6-12/09	56	33	11
	4/22-26/09	61	29	10
	4/1-5/09	56	34	10
	3/20-22/09	61	29	10
	3/12-16/09	56	33	11
	2/18-22/09	57	32	11
	2/2-4/09	55	24	21

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/31 - 6/4/13	56	35	9
	4/24-28/13	56	35	9
	2/6-10/13	57	31	13
	12/12-16/12	60	29	12
	1/12-17/12	61	29	10
	12/5-7/11	57	31	12
	11/6-10/11	63	28	9
	6/24-28/11	63	27	10
	6/3-7/11	63	28	9
	8/20-24/10	51	37	12
	5/20-24/10	50	38	12
	3/29 - 4/1/10	54	32	14
	2/5-10/10	55	34	11
	1/14-17/10	60	33	7
	1/6-10/10	52	35	13
	6/12-16/09	57	24	19
	4/22-26/09	55	28	17

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/31 - 6/4/13	39	49	12
	4/24-28/13	44	45	11
	2/6-10/13	46	41	13

"Do you think Republicans in Congress are spending enough time on the issues you care about most, or are they spending too much time on other issues?"

		Issues you care about	Other issues	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/31 - 6/4/13	17	75	8

"Do you think Barack Obama is spending enough time on the issues you care about most, or is he spending too much time on other issues?"

		Issues you care about	Other issues	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/31 - 6/4/13	34	57	9

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). May 30-June 2, 2013. N=1,000 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.1. RV = registered voters. Among adults, except where indicated.

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	46	49	5
	4/5-8/13	47	50	3
	2/21-24/13	44	51	5
	1/12-15/13	49	48	3
	12/6-9/12	49	47	4
	11/1-3/12 LV	47	51	2
	10/17-20/12 RV	46	52	2
	9/26-30/12 RV	46	51	3
	9/12-16/12 RV	47	51	2
	7/18-22/12 RV	44	53	3
	6/20-24/12	42	53	5
	5/16-20/12	43	52	5
	4/13-17/12	45	52	3
	2/29 - 3/3/12	45	51	4
	1/22-24/12	45	50	5
	12/7-11/11	39	57	4
	11/2-5/11	40	57	3
	10/6-10/11	39	57	4
	8/27-31/11	37	59	4
	7/14-17/11	43	54	3
	6/9-13/11	41	54	5
	5/5-7/11	37	58	5
	3/31 - 4/4/11	45	52	3
	2/24-28/11	46	49	5
	1/13-17/11	45	50	5
	12/9-13/10	42	54	4
	11/11-15/10	42	54	4
	10/14-18/10 RV	43	53	4
	9/22-26/10	42	54	4
	8/26-30/10	39	56	5
	8/5-9/10	44	52	4
	6/17-21/10	46	50	4
	5/6-10/10	48	46	6
	3/11, 13-14/10	47	50	3
	1/23-25/10	47	49	4
	1/10-14/10	43	49	8
	12/11-14/09	42	51	7
	10/22-25/09	47	46	7
	9/17-20/09	50	42	8
	7/24-27/09	49	44	7
	6/12-15/09	51	38	11
	4/23-26/09	55	37	8
	2/26 - 3/1/09	56	31	13

"Now, thinking about events of the past couple months, do you feel that President Obama is facing a short-term setback from which things are likely to get better for him, that he is facing a longer-term setback from which things are unlikely to get better for him, or that he is not facing a setback at this time?"

		Short-term setback	Longer-term setback	Not facing a setback	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	35	43	20	2
	8/27-31/11	32	54	9	4
	1/13-17/11	39	39	18	4
	1/23-25/10	41	42	13	4

"Now not thinking about whether you agree or disagree with President Obama's policies and programs, but thinking about the competence and effectiveness of his administration, how competent would you say the Obama administration is in its role of managing the federal government: very competent, somewhat competent, not too competent, or not competent at all?"

		Very competent	Somewhat competent	Not too competent	Not competent at all
		%	%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	17	40	22	21

"And, thinking about some different stories that have been in the news recently, do you think that the State Department's handling of a terrorist attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in which a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, raises doubts or does not raise doubts about the overall honesty and integrity of the Obama administration? If you do not know enough about this issue to have an opinion, please just say so and we'll move on."

		Raises doubts	Does not raise doubts	Do not know enough
		%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	58	27	15

"Do you think that the Department of Justice's subpoena of phone records of reporters to investigate national security leaks raises doubts or does not raise doubts about the overall honesty and integrity of the Obama administration? If you do not know enough about this issue to have an opinion, please just say so and we'll move on."

		Raises doubts	Does not raise doubts	Do not know enough
		%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	58	23	19

"Do you think that the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative and Tea Party groups for additional investigation raises doubts or does not raise doubts about the overall honesty and integrity of the Obama administration? If you do not know enough about this issue to have an opinion, please just say so and we'll move on."

		Raises doubts	Does not raise doubts	Do not know enough
		%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	55	26	19

"How personally responsible, if at all, do you think that President Obama is for the State Department's handling of a terrorist attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in which a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed: totally responsible, mainly responsible, only slightly responsible, or not responsible at all? If you do not know enough about this issue to have an opinion, please just say so and we'll move on." Half sample

		Totally	Mainly	Only slightly	Not at all	Do not know enough
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	17	24	27	19	12

"How personally responsible, if at all, do you think that President Obama is for the Department of Justice's subpoena of phone records of reporters to investigate national security leaks: totally responsible, mainly responsible, only slightly responsible, or not responsible at all? If you do not know enough about this issue to have an opinion, please just say so and we'll move on." Half sample

		Totally	Mainly	Only slightly	Not at all	Do not know enough
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	14	23	31	14	17

"How personally responsible, if at all, do you think that President Obama is for the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative and Tea Party groups for additional investigation: totally responsible, mainly responsible, only slightly responsible, or not responsible at all? If you do not know enough about this issue to have an opinion, please just say so and we'll move on." Half sample

		Totally	Mainly	Only slightly	Not at all	Do not know enough
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	12	21	29	24	13

"Now, thinking about Republicans in Congress, do you think their investigations of the Obama administration would be better described as justified and addressing legitimate concerns or not justified and unfair partisan attacks?" Options rotated

		Justified	Not justified	Mixed (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	5/30 - 6/2/13	50	42	2	6

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. May 16-19, 2013. N=1,001 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.5.

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	48	48	4
	4/11-14/13	44	53	3
	3/7-10/13	44	52	4
	1/10-13/13	50	47	3
	12/13-16/12	50	48	3
	10/10-13/12 RV	47	51	2
	9/26-29/12 RV	47	52	1
	9/7-9/12 RV	45	53	2
	8/22-25/12	44	54	3
	7/5-8/12	44	54	2
	5/17-20/12	42	55	2
	4/5-8/12	44	54	2
	3/7-10/12	38	59	2
	2/1-4/12	44	53	3
	1/12-15/12	41	57	2
	12/15-18/11	41	56	2
	10/31 - 11/3/11	38	61	2
	9/29 - 10/2/11	35	61	4
	8/29 - 9/1/11	36	62	2
	7/14-17/11	39	57	3
	6/2-5/11	40	59	2
	4/14-17/11	42	57	2
	3/10-13/11	43	55	2
	1/13-16/11	46	51	2
	12/9-12/10	43	54	3
	9/30 - 10/3/10	45	53	2
	8/30 - 9/2/10	41	57	2
	7/7-11/10	43	54	4
	6/3-6/10	50	49	2
	4/22-25/10	49	49	2
	3/23-26/10	45	52	3
	2/4-8/10	45	53	2
	1/12-15/10	47	52	1
	12/10-13/09	46	52	2
	11/12-15/09	51	47	2
	10/15-18/09	50	48	1
	9/10-12/09	51	46	2
	8/13-17/09	52	46	2
	7/15-18/09	52	46	3
	6/18-21/09	56	41	3
	4/21-24/09	58	38	4
	3/26-29/09	60	38	3
	2/19-22/09	60	34	6

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	46	41	13
	4/11-14/13	44	43	13
	1/30 - 2/3/13	49	43	8
	7/5-8/12	38	52	10
	6/3-6/10	39	51	10
	3/23-26/10	33	43	23
	4/21-24/09	48	35	18

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

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	44	49	7
	4/11-14/13	45	49	7

"Who do you trust to do a better job handling the economy: Obama or the Republicans in Congress?" Options rotated

		Obama	Republicans in Congress	Both (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	46	37	1	12	4
	3/7-10/13	44	40	1	11	4
	12/13-16/12	54	36	1	7	1
	1/12-15/12	43	41	1	12	3
	12/15-18/11	44	40	1	13	2
	10/31 - 11/3/11	42	42	1	12	2
	9/29 - 10/2/11	43	42	1	11	2
	8/29 - 9/1/11	42	39	1	16	2
	6/2-5/11	42	45	2	9	2
	3/10-13/11	46	34	2	15	4
	1/13-16/11	46	41	3	7	3
	12/9-12/10	44	45	2	7	2
	4/22-25/10	49	38	1	9	2
	2/4-8/10	47	42	1	7	2
	12/10-13/09	48	36	1	12	3
	11/12-15/09	52	37	1	8	1
	9/10-12/09	48	37	1	12	2
	7/15-18/09	56	33	1	9	2
	6/18-21/09	55	31	2	9	2
	4/21-24/09	61	24	2	11	2

"Who do you trust to do a better job handling immigration issues: Obama or the Republicans in Congress?" Options rotated

		Obama	Republicans in Congress	Both (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	45	37	2	10	6
	3/7-10/13	45	39	1	9	6

"Who do you trust to do a better job handling the issue of gun control: Obama or the Republicans in Congress?" Options rotated

		Obama	Republicans in Congress	Both (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	42	41	2	11	4
	3/7-10/13	42	41	1	10	6

"Who do you trust to do a better job handling the federal budget deficit: Obama or the Republicans in Congress?" Options rotated

		Obama	Republicans in Congress	Both (vol.)	Neither (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	43	38	2	13	5
	12/13-16/12	45	41	2	10	3
	1/12-15/12	40	41	1	14	4
	8/29 - 9/1/11	39	42	1	16	2
	6/2-5/11	39	47	2	10	2
	3/10-13/11	45	36	2	14	4
	1/13-16/11	44	41	4	8	2
	12/9-12/10	39	47	2	9	4
	4/22-25/10	45	41	1	10	3
	2/4-8/10	45	43	1	9	1
	9/10-12/09	50	36	1	12	1
	7/15-18/09	54	35	-	9	2
	6/18-21/09	56	30	2	9	2

"Do you think Obama is mainly concentrating on things that are important to you personally, or on things that are not important to you personally?"

		Important	Not important	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	51	44	4

"How about the Republicans in Congress? Do you think they are mainly concentrating on things that are important to you personally, or on things that are not important to you personally?"

		Important	Not important	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	33	60	7

"How about the Democrats in Congress? Do you think they are mainly concentrating on things that are important to you personally, or on things that are not important to you personally?"

		Important	Not important	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	43	50	8

"Thinking about the next 12 months, would you say you feel optimistic or pessimistic about the chances that Obama and the Republicans in Congress will work together on important issues?"

		Optimistic	Pessimistic	Unsure
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	32	64	4
	12/13-16/12	46	51	3
	1/13-16/11	55	43	2

USA Today Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. May 16-19, 2013. N=1,002 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.6.

"Do you approve or disapprove of President Obama's handling of the Benghazi attack and its aftermath over the past several months?"

		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure/ Refused
		%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	37	44	19

"Thinking now about how the controversies involving Benghazi and the IRS (IF NECESSARY: Internal Revenue Service) will affect President Obama's ability to accomplish his goals for his second term, do you think they will make it much harder for him to accomplish his goals, make it a little harder or won't make it any harder at all?"

		Much harder	A little harder	Won't make it any harder	Unsure/ Refused
		%	%	%	%
	5/16-19/13	31	42	21	7

CNN/ORC Poll. May 17-18, 2013. N=923 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 3.

"Thinking about the following characteristics and qualities, please say whether you think it applies or doesn't apply to Barack Obama. . . ."

		Applies	Doesn't apply	Unsure
		%	%	%

	"Is honest and trustworthy"
	5/17-18/13	58	41	1
	4/29 - 5/1/11	59	38	3
	1/14-16/11	60	39	2
	1/22-24/10	59	40	1
	10/30 - 11/1/09	61	38	-
	2/18-19/09	74	23	3
	12/19-21/08	72	26	2

	"Can manage the government effectively"
	5/17-18/13	52	47	1
	9/9-11/11	42	57	-
	4/29 - 5/1/11	51	47	1
	4/9-10/11	45	55	1
	6/16/10	49	50	1
	10/30 - 11/1/09	58	42	-
	6/26-28/09	61	38	1
	12/19-21/08	76	23	1

	"Is not a typical politician"
	5/17-18/13	54	45	1
	4/29 - 5/1/11	55	43	2
	10/30 - 11/1/09	63	36	1

	"Is a strong and decisive leader"
	5/17-18/13	58	41	1
	1/11-12/12	52	47	1
	9/9-11/11	48	52	-
	5/24-26/11	57	42	-
	5/2/11	58	41	1
	4/9-10/11	53	46	1
	1/14-16/11	57	43	-
	6/16/10	53	46	1
	1/22-24/10	60	39	1
	10/30 - 11/1/09	62	37	1
	6/26-28/09	70	28	1
	2/18-19/09	80	19	1
	12/19-21/08	76	23	1
	10/30 - 11/1/08 RV	64	35	1
	3/14-16/08 RV	59	39	3

	"Generally agrees with you on issues you care about"
	5/17-18/13	51	47	2
	1/11-12/12	48	50	1
	4/9-10/11	47	52	1
	1/14-16/11	47	52	1
	1/22-24/10	50	49	-
	6/26-28/09	56	42	1
	2/18-19/09	63	36	1
	12/19-21/08	68	31	1

	"Is likeable"
	5/17-18/13	79	20	1
	9/9-11/11	79	21	1
	4/29 - 5/1/11	82	17	1

	"Generally agrees with your views on the size and power of the government"
	5/17-18/13	48	50	1

Pew Research Center Poll. May 1-5, 2013. N=1,504 adults nationwide. Margin of error ą 2.9.

"As I read some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one best reflects your impression of Barack Obama. (First,) does Barack Obama impress you as able to get things done or not able to get things done?"

		Able	Not able	Neither particularly (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	5/1-5/13	49	46	2	3
	1/9-13/13	57	37	1	4
	1/11-16/12	46	50	2	2
	1/5-9/11	54	38	3	5
	1/6-10/10	57	35	3	5
	2/4-8/09	70	15	2	13

"Does Barack Obama impress you as a strong leader or not a strong leader?"

		A strong leader	Not a strong leader	Neither particularly (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	5/1-5/13	56	40	1	2
	1/9-13/13	59	37	1	2
	1/11-16/12	52	45	2	2
	1/5-9/11	53	41	2	4
	1/6-10/10	62	32	2	3
	2/4-8/09	77	13	1	9

Obama Administration continued

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