A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans are displeased with President Obama’s handling of the BP oil spill.
According to the poll, 53% rated Obama’s response as “poor” or “very poor,” and 43% said he’s doing well.
But he’s still doing better than the federal government at large and British Petroleum in the eyes of the public: 73% said BP is doing a bad job and 60% said the government is doing poorly.
However, more than two thirds of respondents think BP should stay in charge of the cleanup rather than turn over the reins to the government. And some 52% still support increasing offshore drilling in the U.S.
The poll was taken May 24 and 25 among 1,049 adults. There is a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points.
