US President Barack Obama is hopeful about his job approval ratings although a majority of Americans are not satisfied with his job at the White House.
“I’ve gone up and down pretty much consistently throughout,” Obama told ABC in an interview set for broadcast on Friday evening. “But the good thing about when you’re down is that usually you got nowhere to go but up.”
According to the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll, just 38 percent of Americans approved of Obama�™s job performance, while 55 percent disapproved.
That’s the lowest approval and highest disapproval ratings the Heartland Monitor poll has ever recorded for Obama in the 19 times it has measured his standing since April 2009.
Moreover, just 23 percent said Obama’s agenda would increase opportunity for people like them to get ahead, while 47 percent said it would diminish their opportunities.
Another survey conducted by the Washington Post/ABC News this month also showed only 42 percent approve of Obama while a record high of 55 percent disapprove.
Obama�™s low poll standing are attributed to a number of setbacks since the summer, including allegations of spying by the National Security Agency, the debate over military action in Syria, the government shutdown and the intense scrutiny over the problems with the federal healthcare law.
During his interview, the US president also dismissed the suggestion that he had lost the trust of the public.
“I got re-elected in part because people did think I was trustworthy and they knew I was working on their behalf,” Obama said. “Very rarely are the good things that happen get the same attention as the things that aren’t working so well.”
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Source: Press TV