President-elect Barack Obama approaches the White House with a deep well of support, even though many doubt he can fulfill some key promises, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
Of those surveyed, 9 in 10 say the economy is in poor shape, with a substantial majority believing things are very bad. That finding, which matches the assessment in an October poll, is the gloomiest since a Times poll taken during a 1991 recession.
However, nearly three-quarters of those surveyed feel positive about Obama’s election as president, a figure that includes not just an overwhelming majority of his fellow Democrats but a substantial majority of independents and nearly one-third of Republicans.
Overall, nearly 8 in 10 approve of the way Obama is handling his transition to the White House and nearly three-quarters approve of his Cabinet picks.
The Los Angeles Times/ Bloomberg Poll, conducted Saturday through Monday with 1,000 U.S. adults, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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