Quinnipiac
found 45 percent of voters say the country would have been better off
if Mr. Romney had been elected, while just 38 percent say Mr. Obama remains a better choice. Even Democrats aren’t so sure — just 74 percent of them told the pollsters Mr. Obama was clearly the better pick in the last election.
Voters
also rated the man who swept into office in 2009 with a promise of
“hope and change” as worse than even his predecessor, Republican
President George W. Bush, who left office with terrible approval ratings.
“Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.
A Zogby Analytics Poll released Wednesday also found Mr. Obama
slipping — in that survey, to 44 percent approval, while his
disapproval jumped 4 percentage points from last month to reach 54
percent.
Nearly half of voters told the Zogby poll that Mr. Obama is “unable to lead the country.”
