We definitely have a different mood in the country than the period during the 2008 campaign.
The polls are pretty consistent:
CNN Poll of Polls: President's approval rating decliningBy: CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama's job approval rating among Americans is edging down, according to an average of the most recent national polls.
A CNN Poll of Polls compiled and released Friday indicates that 45 percent of the public say they approve of the job the president's doing in the White House, with 48 percent saying they disapprove of how Obama's handling his duties.
This latest edition of the CNN Poll of Polls is an average of three national surveys conducted within the past week: ABC/Washington Post (April 14-17), CBS/New York Times (April 15-20) and the Gallup Tracking Poll (April 18-20). The CNN Poll of Polls does not have a sampling error.
The 45 percent approval rating is down from a 52 percent approval rating in a CNN Poll of Polls from mid-January, which was the high point so far this year for the president's approval numbers.
The new approval rating figures come as four national polls conducted this month indicate that pessimism on the direction the country's headed is on the rise. Survey's from CBS/New York Times, McClatchy/Marist, Reuters/Ipsos, and NBC Wall Street Journal all indicate that the percentage of Americans who think the country's headed in the wrong direction is on the rise, hitting 70 percent in the CBS/New York Times poll.
All these surveys come as gas prices are soaring, and as partisan battles over the budget and the nation's massive deficit are raging.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/22/cnn-poll-of-polls-presidents-approval-rating-declining/#more-156234
