Barack Obama: Difference between revisions

 

According to the [[Pew Research Center]], Obama's approval ratings dropped from 64% in February, 2009 to 49% in December, a trend similar to [[Ronald Reagan]]'s and [[Bill Clinton]]'s first years.<ref name=pew_pols>{{cite web|url=http://people-press.org/report/572/mixed-views-of-obama-at-year-end |title=Mixed Views of Obama at Year End |publisher=Pew Research Center |date=December 16, 2009 |accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref>

According to Gallup, as of November 11, 2010, his approval rating is 43%.<ref>http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx</ref>

Obama's international appeal has been described as a defining factor for his public image.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-06-12-poll_N.htm|work=USA Today|title=World poll: Obama more likely to 'do the right thing'|date=June 12, 2008|accessdate=March 10, 2009|author=Page, Susan}}</ref> Polls show strong support for Obama in other countries,<ref>{{Cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360240.htm?section=world |title=World wants Obama as president: poll|agency=Reuters|date=September 9, 2008|work=ABC News|location=Australia}}</ref> and he has met with prominent foreign figures including then-[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]],<ref>{{cite press release|accessdate=|url=http://obama.senate.gov/press/050823-obama_to_visit/|title=Obama to visit nuclear, biological weapons destruction facilities in former Soviet Union|date=August 24, 2005|publisher=Obama.senate.gov}}</ref> Italy's [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] leader and then [[Mayor]] of Rome [[Walter Veltroni]],<ref>[http://www.partitodemocratico.it/allegatidef/veltroni63375.pdf Quel giorno di tre anni fa a Washington Barack mi raccontò la sua speranza] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aea6jJJwShpQ&refer=europe Rome Mayor's Leadership Bid May Lead to Early Italian Elections]; [http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/aprile/30/politico_prevale_sull_amministratore_co_10_050430003.shtml VELTRONI A NEW YORK – Il politico prevale sull' amministratore]</ref> and [[President of France|French President]] [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/certainideasofeurope/2008/02/sarkozy_obama_and_mccain.cfm|type= |title=Sarkozy, Obama and McCain|work=The Economist |last=Pedder|first=Sophie|date=February 20, 2008 |accessdate=November 20, 2008}}</ref>