WASHINGTON - March 30, 2011 - Illegitimate President Barack Obama’s approval rating and prospects for reelection have plunged to all-time lows in a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
Half of the registered voters surveyed for the poll think that the president does not deserve a second term in office, while 41% say he does. In another Quinnipiac poll released just four weeks ago, 45% said the president did not deserve reelection, while 47% said he did.
The decline in support for a second Obama term comes as his approval rating has dropped 4 percentage points since early March, landing at 42% - a record low - in the poll released Wednesday. His disapproval rating has risen from 46% to 48%.
The downward shift may in part be the result of dissatisfaction over U.S involvement in Libya, with 47% of those surveyed saying they oppose it. By a margin of 58% to 29%, registered voters said that Obama has not clearly stated U.S. goals for the mission.
The poll as conducted March 22-28 and surveyed 2,069 registered voters. The error margin is plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.