Americans less optimistic than four years ago Washington

“Americans less optimistic than four years ago”

Washington D. C. - A majority of Americans give President Barack Obama a thumbs up on the job he's doing in office, but according to a new national poll (November 16 -18) they are less optimistic about the country's future than they were four years ago when Obama won the White House for the first time. A CNN survey indicates that 56% of the public thinks the country will be better off four years from now, with four in ten saying it will be worse than they are now. "The 56% figure's not bad, but it's way down from the 76% who felt that way in late 2008 after Barack Obama had won his first presidential bid. ” Will a first term under his belt make Obama a better president? (Some say yes, some say no difference)

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