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National poll: Obama approval hits all-time low; Congress ranks worse
By William Hershey
Thursday, September 1, 2011 

President Barack Obama’s overall job approval rating hit an all-time low among American voters in a national Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, but voters rated Congress even worse. 

In the survey, 52 percent disapproved Democrat Obama’s performance, while 42 percent approved, compared to a 47 percent approved, 46 percent disapproved rating in July. 

Democratic and Republican in Congress were in a virtual tie for disapproval among voters. 

For Democrats, who control, the Senate, it was 70 percent disapprove, 24 percent approve. 

For Republicans, who control the House, it was 71 percent disapprove, 22 percent approve. 

Voters were pessimistic about the economy, saying 49-11 percent that it is getting worse, not better. 

“The best news for the president is that voters still blame former President George W. Bush rather than Obama for the economy by 53-32 percent,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a press release. 

The poll was taken Aug. 16 -Aug. 27 with 2,730 registered voters across the country and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points. Live interviewers talked with voters over land lines and cell phones. 

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