CNN Poll: Obama's Approval Rating at All-Time Low - 42%

CNN: Obama at All-Time Low
September 24, 2010

By Daniel Foster

The latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll has President Obama shedding eight points in three weeks, and congressional Democrats down nine on the generic ballot:

The president’s approval rating now stands at 42 percent – an all time low in CNN polling and 8 points lower than where Obama was only three weeks ago. Moreover, 56 percent of all Americans think the president has fallen short of their expectations
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The president’s sagging poll numbers couldn’t come at a worse time for congressional Democrats, themselves facing a nine-point deficit in the so-called “generic ballot” question heading into the midterm elections. In fact, the president’s approval rating is the same as that of President Clinton’s in 1994 – the midterm election year that saw Republicans wrest control of both the House and Senate.

Also, broad support for tea-party backed candidates:

In even worse news for congressional Democrats, likely voters say they are considerably more likely to vote for a candidate the president opposes than one he supports. On the other hand, 50 percent of voters said they would be more likely to vote for a Tea Party-backed candidate while a third of Americans said Tea Party support would dissuade their vote for a candidate.