Confidence in economy up since inauguration - poll
Americans have grown more optimistic about the economy and the direction of the country since President Barack Obama took office in January, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll Monday.
Two-thirds of respondents said they approved of Obama’s overall job performance.
Just 31% said they had a favorable view of the Republican Party, the lowest in the 25 years the question has been asked in the poll, The New York Times said.
The number of people who said they thought the United States was headed in the right direction jumped from 15% during the final days of Republican President George W. Bush’s administration in mid-January, before the inauguration, to 39% today, the newspaper said faxless payday loan guaranteed.
The number of respondents who said the country was headed in the wrong direction dropped to 53% from 79%.
Thirty-four percent said the economy, already contracting, was getting worse, down from 54% just before Obama took office.
According to the poll, 20% of Americans now think the economy is getting better, compared with 7% in mid-January.
The national telephone poll of 998 adults was conducted Wednesday through Sunday. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.