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President Obama’s approval ratings have hit their lowest point yet, just weeks
after the rollout of Obamacare, according to a poll released by The Washington
Post and ABC News. A record 55 percent of people said they disapprove of
the president, and a record 57 percent said they’re against Obamacare, an
increase of 8 points from last month. “Obama has hit other rough stretches
in his presidency, whether because of unhappiness about the economy,
controversy over health-care reform or reaction to unexpected problems such
as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,” wrote The Washington Post’s Dan Balz
and Peyton Craighill. “But in those cases, his standing was helped somewhat
by favorable impressions of him personally.” Obama’s favorability rating
dropped, too — 46 percent view him favorably and 52 percent unfavorably.