A majority of Americans approve of President Obama’s handling of the economy, according to a new national CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Survey.
Fifty-four percent of people questioned said they approve of how Obama’s dealing with the recession. Forty-five percent said they disapprove.
The 54 percent approval rating is up from 49 percent in late August — but down from the 59 percent of Americans who approved of Obama’s handling of the economy when surveyed in March.
There’s a major partisan divide on this issue, “with Democrats overwhelmingly approving and Republicans overwhelmingly disapproving of how the president’s dealing with the economy,” CNN reports.
The poll was conducted over the weekend, after Obama’s health care speech to a joint session of Congress, but before his speech on the economy in New York today.
