The decline in Barack Obama's popularity since July has been the steepest of
any president at the same stage of his first term for more than 50 years.
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Published: 7:38PM BST 22 Oct 2009
www.telegraph.co.uk
Gallup recorded an average daily approval rating of 53 per cent for Mr Obama
for the third quarter of the year, a sharp drop from the 62 per cent he
recorded from April.
His current approval rating – hovering just above the level that would make
re-election an uphi