US President Barack Obama’s approval rating has dropped to a new low, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The poll showed on Tuesday that Obama’s rating fell to 41 percent, down from 46 percent for the first three months of the year, bumping up against the president’s lowest ratings since April 2009.
According to the poll, Americans dislike Obama’s policies on economy, healthcare and the crisis in Ukraine.
The poll also showed that the Democratic Party could have a hard time holding control of the Senate in November, as a majority of US voters would prefer to see Republicans in charge of Congress to check the Obama administration’s policies.
The Republican Party is expected to keep control of the House of Representatives, but the focus will now be on if it can control both chambers.
This is considered to be a worrying sign for Democrats facing legislative elections in November 2014.
Experts say that when presidential ratings are as low as the current levels, his party is almost certain to take a hit from voters.
Obama’s image is believed to have been tarnished by the troubled launch of his key healthcare law and the economy’s sluggish recovery as well as the US president’s handling of the Ukraine crisis, which has raised concerns of a military confrontation between Washington and Moscow.
The president has had to apologize to people who lost their healthcare plans because of his healthcare law, known as the Affordable Care Act.
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