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President Barack Obama 20 Oct 2011 15:08 Africa/Lagos Half of Americans Do Not Believe President Obama Will be Re-elected President's job rating one year from election lower than five of past six presidents at same time PR Newswire NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2011 NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- One year from now the country will be in the final days of the 2012 presidential campaign. Most likely the final debates will have been held and the two candidates will be on their final campaign trips wooing undecided voters. President Obama will be trying to move on to a second term and one of the Republicans will be trying to stop that. However, the President is heading into this year-long campaign with only one-third of Americans (33%) giving the job he is doing positive ratings while two-thirds (67%) give him negative marks. This is almost unchanged from last month when 32% gave him positive ratings and 68% gave him negative ones. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY0625...

22 Sep 2011 16:43 Africa/Lagos Almost Half of Americans Do Not Think President Obama Will be Re-elected Approval ratings unchanged from lows of last month PR Newswire NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After a spirited speech to Congress and presenting his jobs bill President Obama starts the fall with the same approval ratings he had at the end of the summer. This month, exactly the same as in August, just one-third of Americans (32%) give the president positive ratings on the overall job he is doing while two-thirds (68%) give him negative ratings. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO ) These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,462 adults surveyed online between September 12 and 19, 2011 by Harris Interactive. Looking at the ratings on a partisan level, it's not shocking that almost all Republicans (96%) and nine in ten Conservatives (90%) give the President negative marks, but so do seven in ten Independents ...