Those who do not think Obama's policies have led to improvement so far also don't believe they will do better in the future. Forty-two percent said they wouldn't while 13 percent of them said there would be improvement.
Forty-two percent believe the economy is very poor, 42 percent described it as somewhat poor, 14 percent say it is somewhat good and only 2 percent say it is very good. The percentage of those who rate the economy very or somewhat poor has grown 5 percentage points since summer.
Fifty percent believe conditions have stabilized but an economic recovery has not started. Thirty-three percent say it is still in a downturn and worsening while 17 percent say it is starting to recover.

Fifty-eight percent of Americans say the Republicans are not doing enough to comprise with President Obama on important issues and 44 percent put the burden on Obama for not finding ways to work with...
President Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has fallen to its lowest point since he took office with only 36 percent giving him positive marks on the issue, according to a...
Americans' opinion of the state of the union has improved by several measures since President Obama took office. Still, their mood could best be characterized as seeing conditions to be "less bad"...




