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, 2013:00 am E!

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Pres"dent Obama#s $%%roval &at"n' (ro%s to Lo)est o* +"s Pres"deny-S.%%ort *or $C$ Pl.mmets

November 151!, 201"#resident $ara%& 'bama(s )ob aroval rating has l+nged to the loest o- his residen%y. "7 no arove o- the )ob he is doing as resident, don -rom / in '%tober  a nine oint dro in )+st a month. r. 'bama(s disaroval rating is 57  the highest level -or this resident in $3 Nes #olls.

Pres"dent Obama#s /ob &at"n'

No104201"4201""4201"24201""42012 6rove"7//"/552/1isarove57///"!/7 6 ro%&y beginning to the oening o- the ne health ins+ran%e e8%hanges has also ta&en its toll on ho 6meri%ans er%eive the 6--ordable are 6%t. No, aroval o- the la has droed to "1  the loest n+mber yet re%orded in $3 Nes #olls, and a dro o- 12 oints sin%e last month. 1 disarove 9a high -or this oll, in%l+ding / ho say they disarove strongly.

"e)s o* the +ealth Care La)

No104201"4201"74201"542010"42010 6rove"1/"""/""2isarove151515//75";e+bli%ans are nearly +nanimo+s in their disaroval o- the la, and no more than tothirds o- indeendents agree. 6lmost si8 in ten emo%rats %ontin+e to s+ort the la, b+t their s+ort has droed 1 oints -rom last month < -rom 7/ in '%tober to 5! today. 3+ort has droed 11 oints among indeendents and -ive oints among ;e+bli%ans.

"e)s o* the +ealth Care La) by Party

 No  104201" ;esems=nd;esems=nd 6rove 55!27107/"!isarove!!27!7155ore than a month a-ter the health %are e8%hanges oened, )+st one in 10 6meri%ans thin& the sign+ -or the e8%hanges has been going ell. =nstead, more than tothirds thin& it(s not going ell < in%l+ding seven in 10 o- those ho have loo&ed + in-ormation on the e8%hanges themselves.

+o) "s the S"'n.% on the +ealth Care Ehan'es o"n'

No104201"Well1112Not ell7/on(t &no eno+gh2""!

6nd )+st a third o- 6meri%ans are %on-ident that the -ederal government(s health%are ebsite < >ealth%are.gov < ill be -i8ed by the e%ember 1

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deadline set by the 'bama administration. "/ are at least somehat %on-ident, hile almost to thirds are either not very or not at all %on-ident. 55 o- emo%rats are at least somehat %on-ident.

Con*"dent +ealthare4'ov W"ll Be F"ed By (e4 1

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Total;esems=ndon-ident"/1!552Not %on-ident/!2//!?+st 7 o- 6meri%ans thin& the 6--ordable are 6%t is or&ing ell and sho+ld be &et in la%e as it is. @ar more, /!, thin& there are some good things in the la, b+t %hanges are needed to ma&e it or& better, and another /" thin& the la needs to be reealed entirely.

What Sho.ld +a%%en to the +ealth Care La)

Total;esems=ndWor&ing ell, &et as is 7 "12 5Needs some %hanges/!2!72//3ho+ld be reealed/"!12/The #resident(s overall )ob aroval rating has de%lined among many demograhi% gro+s sin%e last month, in%l+ding indeendents 9a 12oint dro, men 9don  oints, and omen 9a 10oint dro. ore omen no disarove than arove o- the )ob r. 'bama is doing as resident.

Pres"dent Obama#s $%%roval &at"n'

 No '%tober 6roveisarove6roveisaroveTotal"757//en"/5/"5"Women"5///;e+bli%ans 010!7emo%rats7"1!11/=ndeendents2"/15/When %omared to re%ent toterm residents, #resident 'bama(s aroval rating is similar to that o- Aeorge W. $+sh at this oint in his residen%y, b+t loer than the ratings o- both $ill linton and ;onald ;eagan. =n November 2005, "5 o- 6meri%ans aroved o- the )ob #resident $+sh as doing. That n+mber mostly de%lined over the rest o- his term, hitting a lo o- 20 in '%tober 200!.

Pres"dent Obama vs4 Past Pres"dents

6rove isarove'bama "7 57 9NoA.W. $+sh "5 57 91142005linton 5! 2 911417;eagan 5 2 91141!5

#resident 'bama has also ta&en a hit on vies o- his honesty. +ring the residential %amaign last -all, 0 o- voters said r. 'bama as honest and tr+storthy, b+t )+st / o- 6meri%ans thin& that today. ost emo%rats 9!/ say the #resident is honest and tr+storthy, b+t most ;e+bli%ans don(t thin& he is 977. =ndeendents are more divided in their assessments: /" thin& #resident 'bama is honest and tr+storthy, b+t 5" don(t thin& he is.

5s Pres"dent Obama +onest and !r.st)orthy

No42012*Bes/0No/!"5

*trend is among registered voters

!he Part"es "n Con'ress

$oth ma)or arties in ongress are vieed negatively. ?+st 2 o- 6meri%ans arove o- ho the emo%rats in ongress are doing their )ob, don -ive oints -rom last month and the arty(s loest aroval meas+re sin%e ?an+ary 2012. 6t the same time, only 21 arove o- the )ob ongressional ;e+bli%ans are doing, and 7" no disarove  a slight dro -rom last month.

/ob &at"n' o* the Part"es "n Con'ress

;e+bli%ans in ongressemo%rats in ongressNo104201"No104201" 6rove211!2"1isarove7"7!!5 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

This oll as %ond+%ted by telehone November 151!, 201" among 1,010 ad+lts nationide. ata %olle%tion as %ond+%ted on behal- o- $3 Nes by 3o%ial 3%ien%e ;esear%h 3ol+tions o- edia, #6. #hone n+mbers ere dialed -rom samles o- both standard landline and %ell hones. The error d+e to samling -or res+lts based on the entire samle %o+ld be l+s or min+s three er%entage oints. The error -or s+bgro+s may be higher. =ntervies ere %ond+%ted in English and 3anish

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This oll release %on-orms to the 3tandards o- is%los+re o- the National o+n%il on #+bli% #olls.