UTICA, NY - The debt limit agreement reached between Congress and President Barack Obama gets very low marks from likely voters, as does how the issue was handled.
Fallout includes a dip in the President’s approval rating (41 percent) and the number who say he deserves re-election (36 percent). The number of respondents who say the nation is on the wrong track (73 percent) is at its highest level since October, 2008.
The IBOPE Zogby interactive poll conducted from August 2-4 also shows that voters disapprove of the debt limit agreement, 70 percent to 25 percent. They also strongly say they lack confidence it will actually reduce the deficit (88 percent) and are more likely to say it will lead to the creation of fewer rather than more jobs, 40 percent to 9 percent.
A small majority (51 percent) believes the Republicans got more of what they wanted out of the deal than the Democrats; and by 43 percent to 27 percent they say Democrats were more willing to compromise than Republicans.
Job approval of Congress is now barely in double digits at 12 percent. Approval for Congress is 28 percent for Democrats and 25 percent for Republicans.
Overall, do you approve or disapprove of Barack Obama's job as president?
|
Obama Job
Performance
|
Aug
2
|
July
25
|
July
18
|
July
12
|
July
5
|
June
21
|
June
9
|
June
6
|
May
31
|
May
23
|
May
9
|
May
5
|
|
Disapprove
|
58%
|
54%
|
57%
|
58%
|
58%
|
56%
|
56%
|
53%
|
52%
|
51%
|
52%
|
54%
|
|
Approve
|
41%
|
45%
|
43%
|
42%
|
42%
|
43%
|
43%
|
46%
|
48%
|
48%
|
48%
|
46%
|
|
Not sure
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
1%
|
0%
|
1%
|
0%
|
<1%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Do you think President Obama deserves to bere-elected or do you think it is time for someone new?
|
Response
|
Aug
2
|
July
25
|
July
18
|
July
11
|
July
5
|
June
21
|
June
9
|
June
6
|
May
31
|
May
9
|
|
Time for someone new
|
54%
|
51%
|
53%
|
54%
|
56%
|
55%
|
52%
|
53%
|
51%
|
50%
|
|
Obama deserves
to be re-elected
|
36%
|
40%
|
38%
|
36%
|
38%
|
39%
|
39%
|
41%
|
41%
|
41%
|
|
Not sure
|
9%
|
9%
|
9%
|
10%
|
6%
|
7%
|
9%
|
7%
|
8%
|
10%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Do you approve or disapprove of the debt ceiling agreement reached between Republicans and Democrats?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Disapprove
|
70%
|
63%
|
75%
|
73%
|
|
Approve
|
25%
|
29%
|
21%
|
23%
|
|
Not sure
|
5%
|
7%
|
4%
|
4%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Do you approve or disapprove of the job performance of President Obama on the debt limit issue?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Disapprove
|
69%
|
45%
|
94%
|
71%
|
|
Approve
|
29%
|
50%
|
5%
|
27%
|
|
Not sure
|
3%
|
5%
|
1%
|
2%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Do you approve or disapprove of the job performance of Congressional Republicans on the debt limit issue?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Disapprove
|
74%
|
90%
|
56%
|
72%
|
|
Approve
|
24%
|
8%
|
42%
|
26%
|
|
Not sure
|
2%
|
2%
|
2%
|
2%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Do you approve or disapprove of the job performance of Congressional Democrats on the debt limit issue?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Disapprove
|
76%
|
53%
|
95%
|
84%
|
|
Approve
|
22%
|
44%
|
4%
|
14%
|
|
Not sure
|
2%
|
2%
|
1%
|
2%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Which party do you believe was more willing to compromise in the debt ceiling debate?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Democrats
|
43%
|
75%
|
8%
|
40%
|
|
Republicans
|
27%
|
6%
|
49%
|
29%
|
|
Neither
|
23%
|
15%
|
32%
|
25%
|
|
Both
|
4%
|
<1%
|
6%
|
5%
|
|
Not sure
|
4%
|
4%
|
5%
|
2%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Which party do you believe got more of what they wanted from the debt ceiling agreement?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Republicans
|
51%
|
73%
|
29%
|
47%
|
|
Democrats
|
20%
|
6%
|
36%
|
23%
|
|
Neither
|
17%
|
10%
|
23%
|
20%
|
|
Both
|
4%
|
2%
|
5%
|
5%
|
|
Not sure
|
7%
|
9%
|
7%
|
6%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
How confident are you that the spending cuts in the debt ceiling agreement will actually reduce the nation's budget deficit?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Not very confident
+ not confident at all
|
88%
|
81%
|
93%
|
91%
|
|
Very + somewhat confident
|
8%
|
13%
|
5%
|
7%
|
|
Not sure
|
4%
|
7%
|
2%
|
3%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
How will the spending cuts in the debt ceiling agreement impact job growth?
|
Response
|
All voters
|
Democrats
|
Republicans
|
Independents
|
|
Will decrease jobs
|
40%
|
66%
|
18%
|
32%
|
|
Will cause no change
|
38%
|
19%
|
52%
|
46%
|
|
Will increase jobs
|
9%
|
5%
|
16%
|
7%
|
|
Not sure
|
13%
|
10%
|
15%
|
15%
|
Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding
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