Americans are divided over President Barack Obama and his policies as the year ends, according to a new poll by the non-partisan Pew Research Center.
The poll found 49 percent of Americans approve of the way he’s doing his job, down slightly from 51 percent in November.
Among the other findings:
--52 percent have at least a fair amount of confidence he’ll do the right thing on the economy, down from 59 percent in October;
--44 percent have at least a fair amount of confidence in him on health care;
--51 percent support his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan;
--35 percent generally approve of the health care proposals in Congress; 48 percent generally oppose them.
For the full poll, http://people-press.org/report/572/mixed-views-of-obama-at-year-end.
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