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- One-in-three Consumers Have Positive View of Economy
- 45% Think U.S. Economy Is Fair, Improvement from May
- 44% See Conflict Between Economic Growth and Fairness
- 33% Expect Stronger Economy A Year From Now, 41% Weaker
- 65% Think Government Should Cut Spending to Help Economy
50% Give Obama Poor Marks on Deficit Reduction
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
President Obama earns his worst ratings yet on deficit reduction and economic fairness.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 33% of Likely U.S. Voters now think the president is doing a good or excellent job handling issues related to deficit reduction. Fifty percent (50%) give him a poor rating in this area. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on July 5, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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