Image via WikipediaPoll: Americans split over President Obama - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.comIt’s the Obama generation gap.
While a new poll shows Americans are sharply divided over whether President Barack Obama’s first two years in office have been a success or failure, a substantially larger percentage of voters over 50 see him as a failure compared with those under that age.
In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday to mark the second anniversary of Obama’s inauguration, 45 percent of voters under 50 say he’s been a failure and 47 percent believe he’s succeeded, compared with a majority - 51 percent - of adults over 50 who think he’s failed and 45 percent saying he’s done well.
“The generation gap that surfaced in the 2008 election persists two years later,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
“Most people who are 50 or older say that Obama has been a failure in office; a plurality of younger Americans think his administration has been a success.”
Overall, Americans are closely split on their view of Obama’s first two years, with 45 percent saying they consider his presidency a success, while 48 percent said it’s been a failure.
Americans aged 50 to 64 are the most negative on Obama, with 56 percent saying they consider his presidency a failure, while 41 percent consider it a success, CNN found. However, people over 65 see the first two years in a more positive light, with 46 percent of those over 65 saying they see the first two years as a success, while 44 percent say they’ve been a failure.
Americans ages 35 to 49 also aren’t happy with Obama’s first term. Only 38 percent of them say Obama’s been a success, while 51 percent said he’s been a failure.
People who support the tea party movement were overwhelmingly negative on Obama’s first two years, with 85 percent saying they had been a failure, while 11 percent called them a success. Among people who oppose the tea parties, 81 percent said Obama had been a success while 11 percent said he’d been a failure.
The poll hints at a decline in how Americans regard Obama’s presidency.
A year ago, 47 percent of Americans said Obama’s first year in office had been a success, while 48 percent said it had been a failure. Asked in August 2009 about Obama’s first six months in office, 51 percent of Americans called them a success, 37 percent said they were a failure and 11 percent said it was too soon to tell.
CNN/ORC surveyed 1,014 adults Jan. 14-16. The error margin is plus or minus three percentage points.
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