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CNN/ORC Poll: 50% say Obama's been a success
WDSU News ^ | 03/19/2015 | Jennifer Agiesta CNN Polling Director

Posted on 03/19/2015 11:40:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON (CNN) —As the political world's focus begins to turn to the race to succeed President Barack Obama, a new CNN/ORC poll finds Americans are split over whether Obama's time in office has been a success. But they are now more likely than at any point during his tenure to say things in the country are going well.

In February 2009, shortly after Obama took office, 21% of Americans said things in the country were going well, 79% that they were going badly.

The new poll finds 53% saying things are going well, 46% badly. That's the highest share saying things are going well that CNN/ORC polls have found during Obama's time in office, though it is not significantly higher than the 52% saying things were going well in November.

The rising optimism about how the country is doing comes after several months of strong economic news. The current unemployment rate of 5.5% is the lowest of his presidency, and although average gas prices -- often closely tied with public perceptions of the economy -- are slightly higher than they were a few months ago, they remain lower than they were a year ago.

Assessing Obama's presidency overall, 50% consider his time in office a success, 47% a failure. And for those who say his time in office has been a failure, 37% say that's been because of his own actions, while just 9% attribute it to Congress blocking the President from action.

Perceptions of the success of Obama's presidency after six years in office falls in between ratings of his two immediate predecessors. Just 39% said they considered George W. Bush's presidency a success in January 2007, 55% considered it a failure. Bill Clinton, by contrast, was broadly deemed successful,

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnnorcpoll; obama; presidency
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To: stephenjohnbanker

When I read ‘CNN says’ I knew it was BS. Why can’t they just follow the Liar In Chief and lie big and make it 90% “success”?


21 posted on 03/19/2015 11:50:01 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe they polled everyone in a couple of bars in the roughest welfare neighborhood of a major city at 10PM...


22 posted on 03/19/2015 11:50:36 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SeekAndFind
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He succeeded in what he set out to do: Fundamentally change the United States of America.

23 posted on 03/19/2015 11:50:40 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s a success. He’s made great progress at what 19 muslims started 14 years ago.


24 posted on 03/19/2015 11:51:04 AM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

RE: If you depend on the taxes that people with a job pay...he’s brilliant!

Romney’s observation about the 47% is correct. Add the other 3% bleeding heart working and rich liberals and you DO get 50%.

This country has been divided along those lines and it remains to be seen which half wil be more motivated to vote and turn out in 2016.


25 posted on 03/19/2015 11:51:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: max americana

Exactly


26 posted on 03/19/2015 11:51:56 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Texan5

RE: Maybe they polled everyone in a couple of bars in the roughest welfare neighborhood of a major city at 10PM...

And with that, he could only get 50%?


27 posted on 03/19/2015 11:52:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: smokingfrog

They polled CNN employees and orcs.


28 posted on 03/19/2015 11:53:05 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Just Friends" - http://youtu.be/rznoQbzlO2s [Warning: NSFW])
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To: timestax

LOL


29 posted on 03/19/2015 11:54:15 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: SeekAndFind

If you believe any CNN poll, you are either high on reefer or insane!!! Have ya seen the viewer numbers for the Chris Cuomo morning show....you can count ‘em on ten fingers!!!


30 posted on 03/19/2015 11:54:20 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, maybe at 10PM only 50% were that drunk...


31 posted on 03/19/2015 11:56:47 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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32 posted on 03/19/2015 12:00:16 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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33 posted on 03/19/2015 12:02:55 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: SeekAndFind

Remember, 47% of Americans are on the government payroll.


34 posted on 03/19/2015 12:03:09 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: navyguy
She seems happy.



35 posted on 03/19/2015 12:03:14 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: skeeter

RE: Remember, 47% of Americans are on the government payroll.

Yes, and as I posted above, it is not hard to get 3% who are not on the government payroll and who are bleeding heart libs nonetheless.


36 posted on 03/19/2015 12:04:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

If Julia were white.


37 posted on 03/19/2015 12:08:32 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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To: SeekAndFind; All
Thank you for referencing that article SeekAndFind. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

All that the 50% figure tells us is that at least 50% of citizens and illegal immigrants have never been taught about the federal government’s constitutionallly limited powers.

38 posted on 03/19/2015 12:09:10 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: SeekAndFind

Things are not going well.

Period.

Full stop.

End of story.

Things will get better, no thanks to Hussein.


39 posted on 03/19/2015 12:21:34 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SeekAndFind

They only polled LGBT welfare recipients!


40 posted on 03/19/2015 12:22:09 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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