1 1 <p><a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1347">A new Quinnipiac University poll may give President Obama reason to worry</a>: "<span style="font-size: small;">President Barack Obama gets a lackluster 49% to 44% approval rating in Ohio, considered by many to be the most important swing state in a presidential election . . . This is President Obama's lowest approval rating in any national or statewide Quinnipiac University poll since he was inaugurated and is down from 62% to 31% in a May 6 survey.&nbsp; By a small 48% to 46% margin, voters disapprove of the way Obama is handling the economy . . . This is down from a 57% to 36% approval May 6. A total of 66% of Ohio voters are 'somewhat dissatisfied' or 'very dissatisfied' with the way things are going in the state, while 33% are 'very satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied,' numbers that haven't changed since Obama was elected." (A new Public Policy Polling survey shows a similar drop in Obama's supports in another key 2008 swing state--Virginia--where his positive approval comes in at only 48%.)<br /></span></p> 2009-07-07T11:59:08-04:00 997 false true 2009-07-09T09:39:49-04:00 2009-07-09T09:39:49-04:00