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Gallup: Obama Approval Hits New Lows
Friday, 29 Jul 2011 

President Barack Obama’s job approval rating is at a new low, averaging 40 percent according to the latest from Gallup. 

The data was compiled from the July 26-28 Gallup Daily tracking poll. Obama’s previous low rating — 41 percent — occurred several times, the last of which was in April. As recently as June 7, Obama had 50 percent job approval. 

Obama’s approval rating averaged 46 percent in June and was near that level for most of July. However, it has stumbled in the past few days, coinciding with intensification of the debt ceiling/budget battle in Washington. 

Obama’s 40 percent overall approval rating nearly matches the recent 41 percent approval Americans gave him for handling the debt ceiling negotiations. Though Americans rate Obama poorly for his handling of the situation, they are less approving of how House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are handling it.

Gallup does not include ratings of Congress or congressional leaders in its Daily tracking, and thus, there is no overall job approval rating of Boehner, Reid, or Congress directly comparable to Obama’s current 40 percent overall job approval rating. 

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