When those surveyed were asked to grade Obama's performance on 13 specific issues, there were only four -- relationships with other countries, terrorism, environment and energy -- where Obama was at 50 percent approval or higher.

The poll also found that the percentage of Americans who believe the country is moving in the wrong direction has grown to 56 percent, five points higher than a month ago,

The wrong direction-right direction ratio in this latest survey is 56 percent to 38 percent with 5 percent undecided, compared to 51-41 percent with 8 percent undecided in an Oct. 1-5 survey. The October numbers had been an improvement over September, but now the ratio is back to being as negative as it was then.

Here are the approval-disapproval scores on Obama's handling of specific issues:

The economy: 49 percent disapprove, 46 percent approve with 5 percent expressing no opinion. Last month, 50 percent approved and 44 percent disapproved.

Unemployment: 47 percent disapprove, 44 percent approve and 9 percent have no opinion. Last month, 48 percent approved, 43 percent disapproved and 9 percent have no opinion.

Federal budget deficit: 51 percent disapprove, 40 percent approve and 9 percent have no opinion. Last month, 48 percent disapproved, 40 percent approved and 11 percent had no opinion.

Taxes: 46 percent disapprove, 42 percent approve and 12 percent have no opinion. Last month, 47 percent approved, 41 percent disapproved and 13 percent had no opinion.

Gas prices: 40 percent approve, 39 percent disapprove and 21 percent have no opinion. Last month, 49 percent approved, 28 percent disapproved and 23 percent had no opinion.

Health care: 49 percent approve, 46 percent disapprove with 5 percent expressing no opinion. Last month, 48 percent approved, 47 percent disapproved and 5 percent expressed no opinion.

Afghanistan: 48 percent disapprove, 42 percent approve with 10 percent expressing no opinion. Last month, 46 percent approved, 41 percent disapproved and 14 percent had no opinion.

Iraq: 46 percent approve, 45 percent disapprove with 9 percent expressing no opinion. Last month, 50 percent approved and 37 percent disapproved with 13 percent expressing no opinion.

Terrorism: 50 percent approve, 39 percent disapprove, 11 percent have no opinion. Last month, 53 percent approved, 35 percent disapproved and 12 percent had no opinion.

Relationships with other countries: 58 percent approve, 32 percent disapprove and 11 percent have no opinion, about the same as last month.

Environment: 54 percent approve, 30 percent disapprove and 16 percent have no opinion, also about the same as last month.

Energy: 52 percent approve, 32 percent disapprove and 15 percent have no opinion, about the same as last month.

Immigration: 41 percent approve, 39 percent disapprove with 21 percent having no opinion, about the same as last month.